Record #:

23435

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), the cowboy humorist, came to Greenville on April 6, 1926, and gave two performances to 5,000 fans. Rogers was born on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma. He later joined a Wild West show as a trick roper and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. Rogers toured the world, wrote a syndicated news column and six books, appeared in 50 silent films and 21 talking movies, and was a popular radio personality. He died at the age of 55 when his plane crashed in Alaska.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , May 25-Jun 7 2005, p5

Subject(s):

Actors; Rogers, Will, 1879-1935; Cowboys