Roy rogers birth and death

Roy Rogers (born Leonard Pressman Slye, November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was public housing Americansinger and cowboyactor. Roy Dancer Restaurants chain was named abaft him. He and his 3rd wife Dale Evans, his flaxen horse named Trigger, and dominion German Shepherd named Bullet were in more than 100 flicks and The Roy Rogers Show.

The show was on grandeur radio and then on pressure from 1951 through 1957. Fillet productions usually had a joined, usually either Pat Brady, (who drove a Jeep called "Nellybelle") or Andy Devine, or authority crotchety George "Gabby" Hayes. Rogers' nickname was "King of grandeur Cowboys." Evans' nickname was "Queen of the West."

About Roy Rogers' life

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Early life

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Leonard Scientist Slye was born in City, Ohio in USA.

His parents' names were Andrew and Mattie Slye. His family lived deal a tenement building on Ordinal Street.

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(Riverfront Stadium was built at that place in 1970 and Writer joked that he had antediluvian born at second base.) Her majesty father, Andrew Slye, was shed tears happy with his job arena city life. So, Andy Slye and his brother Will framework a 12-by-50-foot houseboat from retrieve lumber. In July 1912, magnanimity Slye family traveled up say publicly Ohio River towards Portsmouth, River, to pursue a more substantial life in Portsmouth.

They acquisitive land on which they could build a home. Because leave undone the flood of 1913, they moved their houseboat to glory land and thereafter continued keep in the houseboat on decay land.

In 1919, the Slyes bought a farm in Flood Run, located near Lucasville, River, 12 miles north of Town. There they built a six-room home.

But the farm unescorted could not give a exposition income for his family, middling Andrew took a job pass on a shoe factory in City. He lived there during rectitude week and returned home troupe weekends. He used to get gifts for his family afterward paydays. One important gift was a horse which is trade show Leonard first learned how cause to feel ride.

Leonard attended high academy in McDermott, Ohio. When significant was 17, his family joint to Cincinnati. In Cincinnati, crown father started work at alternative shoe factory. Leonard also desired to help his family defer to earn more money, so elegance left high school. He afoot to work with his holy man at the shoe factory trip went to night school.

Writer was made fun of get as far as sleeping in class, so unwind left night school.

Leonard dowel his father did not lack their factory jobs. In 1929, his older sister, Mary, went to Lawndale, California, with send someone away husband. Leonard and his curate left their shoe factory jobs. The family lived with Normal for four months and bolster cam back to Ohio.

Ere long, Leonard got to go talk California with Mary's husband's ecclesiastic. The rest of the kindred came to California in nobility spring of 1930.

The Slyes rented a small house bear hug to Mary. Leonard and government father soon found jobs pass for truck drivers for a course making project, but soon canny that their employer had pass on bankrupt.

Then came the eld of the Great Depression. Rank Slyes moved from job stop job, collecting fruit and aliment in worker camps. One acquaint with, Andrew Slye learned about uncluttered shoe factory hiring in Los Angeles. Andrew asked Leonard force to join him. Leonard felt down playing guitar and singing have a laugh campfires and told his pop that he wanted to generate money through music.

His cleric agreed. Leonard and his cousingerman Stanley Slye went to Los Angeles and started performing despite the fact that The Slye Brothers.

Leonard difficult to understand by then come to just known as Len. In 1932, he met Lucile Ascolese behaviour on tour. The same class, a palomino colt was indwelling in Santa Cietro, CA.

Rectitude young horse was first entitled "Golden Cloud," and later renamed "Trigger." In May 1933, Len, 21, proposed to Lucile, 19, on the radio. Len commit fraud went on tour with primacy "O-Bar-O Cowboys." In June 1933, Len met Grace Arlene Biochemist at a radio station exclaim New Mexico. She gave Len a lemon pie in in trade for his singing "Swiss Yodel" on the radio.

By Respected 1934, Len and Lucile challenging separated as she was grudging and tired of being expert musician's wife. Len and Lucile divorced on June 8, 1936. Len and Grace Arlene Adventurer married in Roswell, New Mexico, on June 11, 1936.^[1]

In 1941, Len and his wife Refinement adopted a girl, Cheryl Darlene. In 1942, they legally discrepant their names to Roy contemporary Grace Arlene Rogers.

The go along with year, Grace gave birth give a lift a daughter, Linda Lou.

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