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2002 "William ""Tex"" Henson", animator, Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 78

2000 "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86

1996 Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77

1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer

1985 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82

1982 Joe Tex, Joseph Arrington Jr, singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49

1982 Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49

1980 Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72

1977 "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12

1974 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67

1970 Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer, Deerfield-25th-1995

1965 Tex Axile, rocker, Transvision Vamp-Velveteen

1964 Matt Dillon, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas

1949 Terry "Tex" Comer, bassist/guitarist

1940 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0

1933 Joe Tex, singer and songwriter, Hold What You've Got

1933 Claude King, born in Keithville, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, performed on Louisiana Hayride television and radio show, billed alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter

1920 James Farmer, Marshall, Tex, civil rights leader

1914 Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist, Glenn Miller Orchestra

1908 Tex Avery, cartoon director, What's up, Doc?

1906 Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer, 5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind


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