Autry, who had homes in Studio City and Palm Springs, Calif., hung up his performing spurs in 1956, but continued to own four radio stations, the Gene Autry Hotel in Palm Springs, and several other properties. He made 95 movies in all, and is still the only Western star on the list of top 10 box office moneymakers. His first wife, Ina Spivey, died in 1980. 1998: Autry, 91, dies at his Studio City home after a long illness. Mother stung over 75 times by bees but her "quick thinking" saves kids [2] The first location was in Orlando, Florida, and two locations still exist in California (Redding and Escondido), though they are no longer owned by the Burnette family. In the mid 1960s, he portrayed railway engineer Charley Pratt on the CBS-TV programs Petticoat Junction (106 episodes) and Green Acres (seven episodes). She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early 1940s in five horse opera features. Two years later, Autry made his first salable record, That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine, a tune he co-wrote with Jimmy Long. virility. The 2023 Met Gala theme explained During World War II Autry enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942 and served until 1945, after which he resumed his movie and recording career. In his film debut he sang a song in the Ken Maynard vehicle In Old Santa Fe (1934), and it launched his career as a cowboy actor. Each year he made personal appearances at as many local fairs as he could pack into his schedule. [3] McKenzie sang duets with Autry in each of these films. In a statement released Friday, Jackie Autry said: My husband was a remarkable man, and I will always treasure each and every day I had with him. His parents were Delbert and Einora. He was 91. the performer had no future in Hollywood. Burnette enjoyed cooking, and in the 1950s, he opened a restaurant chain called The Checkered Shirt, the first of the A-frame drive-ins. CNN - 'Singing Cowboy' Gene Autry dead at 91 - October 2, 1998 He received the Songwriters Guild Life Achievement Award and the Hubert Humphrey Humanitarian of the Year Award. McKenzie later recalled, Oh my gosh, my first grown up role. He was enormously successful at almost anything he tried--radio, records, songwriting, television, real estate and business, as well as movies and museums. A full body orgasm at the L.A. Phil? Gene Autry LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Gene Autry, who parlayed a $5 mail order guitar, charm and a smooth voice into a career as Hollywood's first singing cowboy, died Friday. Smiley Burnette's Horse, Ring Eye. Autry hung up his performing spurs in 1956, but continued to own four radio stations, the Gene Autry Hotel in Palm Springs, and several other properties. "I felt that I owed something. When I grew up on the [railroad] line between Texas and Oklahoma, X was not a rating for dirty movies, Autry once said.
