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Orvon Grover Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed
The Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997.
From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted
The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero honest, brave, and true and profoundly touched the lives of millions of Americans. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre s development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing co