Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys
Leonard Franklin Slye, who later became known as Roy Rogers, was born on November 5, 1911, and died on July 6, 1998, at age 86 in Apple Valley, California due to congestive heart failure.[1][2] During the early part of his film career, Rogers appeared in movies alongside fellow singing cowboy Gene Autry, though his roles were not listed in the credits.[3]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Leonard Franklin Slye
- Born
- 5 November 1911
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, US
- Died
- 6 July 1998
- Place of death
- Apple Valley, California, US
- Resting place
- Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Apple Valley
- Other names
- Len Slye
- Occupation
- Singer
- actor
- TV host
- rodeo performer
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
The Slye family purchased a farm near Lucasville, Ohio, in 1919 and built a six-room house.[4] Young Len learned horsemanship on a horse his father gave him as a gift.[4] In spring 1931, Len found work picking peaches for Del Monte in Tulare, California, living in a labor camp.[5] He joined the Rocky Mountaineers in August 1931 after appearing on a radio program.[6]
Rogers's parents were Mattie (whose maiden name was Womack) and Andrew "Andy" Slye, and the family resided in a tenement located on 2nd Street in Cincinnati.[4] After finishing his second year at McDermott High School in Ohio, Len left school and started working at a shoe factory alongside his father.[7]
What the cited sources add
A 1955 book by Miller Davis, "The Answer Is God," tells the personal story of Dale Evans and Roy Rogers.[8] The Billy Graham Library account states that Billy Graham invited Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to his 1954 Greater London Crusade.[9] The Billy Graham Library account also reports that the Methodist Recorder on March 25, 1954, proclaimed the headline "Roy Rogers and 'Trigger' Welcomed at Harringay!".[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "News from California, the nation and world", Los Angeles Times (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pearson, "Roy Rogers Dies at 86", Washington Post, July 7, 1998; Brooks, "Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous", Globe Pequot Press, 2006, p. 235–7; Jasinski, "Handbook of Texas Music", Texas A&M University Press, February 22, 2012; Severo, "Roy Rogers, Singing Cowboy, Dies at 86", The New York Times, July 7, 1998 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Smiley Burnette, Movie Partner of Autry and Rogers, Dies at 55; Charlie Pratt of TV 'Petticoat Junction' Played Roles in Nearly 200 Westerns", The New York Times, February 18, 1967 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com; Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com; Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com; Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com; Green, p. 74. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy Rogers" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com; Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com; Zwisohn, "Happy Trails: The Life of Roy Rogers", royrogers.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Miller Davis, "The Answer Is God", McGraw-Hill, 1955, p. 104–112. facts only, no text reused. archive.org
- Library, "Harringay Remembered: Billy Graham and Roy Rogers", The Billy Graham Library, 2024-04-07. facts only, no text reused. billygrahamlibrary.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Roy Rogers (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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