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“The West is more than a geographical location; it is a story we tell,” said Natalie Shirley, museum president and CEO, in a statement. “For more than a century, writers, musicians and film producers have interpreted the trials and triumphs of the people who built the American West. At The Cowboy, we are pleased to honor the work these men and women have done in telling the great stories of the American West.”
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Strait will receive the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, while Duvall will be recognized with the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award at the black-tie event.
A 2006 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Strait has sold nearly 70 million albums and earned more than 60 major entertainment industry awards. The Texas troubadour recently earned his 100th entry on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his latest single, “The Weight of the Badge.” He has garnered 33 platinum- or multiplatinum-selling albums, more than any other country arti
Hollywood actor Bing Russell embraced Portland’s wild, weird 1970s and enticed Elvis with Mavericks, Big League dreams
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Bing Russell, right, created an unusual kind of baseball team in Portland. Former New York Yankees star Jim Bouton, left, couldn t resist the call of the wild. (Netflix)
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The 1970s weren’t being kind to Portland.
Gas shortages caused cars to queue for blocks outside filling stations. The New York Times ridiculed the city for the “bomb-site look” of its downtown. The population had begun to shrink.
But a Hollywood actor looked around the struggling blue-collar town in 1973 and couldn’t stop smiling. He called Portland his “favorite city in the world.”