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2003 John Schlesinger, director, Midnight Cowboy, dies at 77
1998 Gene Autry, actor/singing cowboy/businessman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 91 1998 Roy Rogers, cowboy actor, dies at 86 1998 Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach 1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 1996 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78 1996 Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77 1994 Woodrow "Woody" Strode, U.S. rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies 1993 James Leo Herlihy, novelist (Midnight Cowboy), dies at 66 1992 John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76 1991 Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97 1990 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting 1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 1989 Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle 1988 Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78 1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 1976 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74 1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 1972 William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77 1971 Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 1971 Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68 1970 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win 1970 Heather Graham, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown 1969 Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball 1969 Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy, 5-time all-around world champion 1969 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating 1967 Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55 1965 Wild Bill Elliott, cowboy actor (49'ers), dies of cancer at 60 1962 Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 1962 Herschel Walker, WFL/NFL running back for New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboy 1961 Margo Timmins, singer, Cowboy Junkies 1960 Cowboy quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2") 1960 Eric Shea, actor, Castaway Cowboy 1959 Tina Gayle, Frankfurt GFR, Cowboy cheerleader/actress, Kathy-Chips 1959 Kelly Lynch, actress, Drugstore Cowboy 1956 Suzy Bogguss, born in Aledo, Illinois, singer, I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart 1949 Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 1943 Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker, Abracadabra, Space Cowboy 1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried 1941 Harry Nilsson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/guitarist, Midnight Cowboy 1939 David Allan Coe, country musician, Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy 1938 Jon Voight, born in Yonkers, New York, actor, Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy 1936 Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded 1936 Mickey Gilley, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, country singer, Urban Cowboy 1932 Sylvia Miles, New York City, actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely 1926 John Schlesinger, born in London, England, director, Midnight Cowboy, Darling 1922 Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor 1921 Chuck Connors, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa 1918 Anne Gwynne, Waco, Texas, actress, Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein 1917 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor, Black Lash, Lash of the West 1911 Roy Rogers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, cowboy, Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show 1911 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy 1911 Smiley Burnette, Summum, Illinois, cowboy, Charlie-Petticoat Junction 1905 Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, lieutenant governor, Nevada 1903 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S. 1902 Kermit Maynard, Vevey, Indiana, cowboy actor, Saturday Roundup 1902 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Milwaukee, cowboy, Crash Corrigan's Ranch 1897 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress, Cowboy Socialist 1895 Ken Maynard, born in Texas, cowboy/actor/producer, Bigfoot 1895 William Boyd, born in Ohio, cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy 1893 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging 1880 Tom Mix, Mix Run, Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor, Dick Turpin 1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor, Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days 1874 Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933 1859 Andy Adams, U.S. writer, Log of a Cowboy 1837 "Wild Bill" Hickok, cowboy/scout |
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