2012 Event The 52-foot iconic statue known as Big Tex, is destroyed by fire during the final days of the 2012 State Fair of Texas 2002 Death "William ""Tex"" Henson", animator, Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 78 2000 Death "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86 1996 Death Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77 1985 Death Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer 1985 Death Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 1982 Death Joe Tex, Joseph Arrington Jr, singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49 1982 Death Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49 1980 Death Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72 1977 Event "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12 1974 Death Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 1970 Birthday Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer, Deerfield-25th-1995 1965 Birthday Tex Axile, rocker, Transvision Vamp-Velveteen 1964 Birthday Matt Dillon, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas 1949 Birthday Terry "Tex" Comer, bassist/guitarist 1940 Event Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0 1933 Birthday Joe Tex, singer and songwriter, Hold What You've Got 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday James Farmer, Marshall, Tex, civil rights leader 1914 Birthday Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist, Glenn Miller Orchestra 1908 Birthday Tex Avery, cartoon director, What's up, Doc? 1906 Birthday Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer, 5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind
