Quote Of The Day – Roy Rogers
When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off...., you splatter.
Roy Rogers
Leonard Franklin Slye (Nov 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor.
He and his third wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German shepherd, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show.
The show aired on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957.
His productions usually featured two sidekicks, Pat Brady, (who drove a jeep called "Nellybelle"), and the crotchety Gabby Hayes.Roy's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Dale's nickname was "Queen of the West."
For many Americans (and non-Americans), Roy Rogers was the embodiment of the all-American hero.
Roy and Dale's famous theme song, which Dale wrote and they sang as a duet to sign off their television show, was "Happy trails to you, Until we meet again...".
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Roy Rogers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1752 Vine Street, a second star at 1733 Vine Street for his contribution to radio, and a third star at 1620 Vine Street for his contribution to the television industry.
Roy and Dale were inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1976 and Roy was inducted again as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in 1995.
Roy was also twice elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, first as a member of The Sons of the Pioneers in 1980 and as a soloist in 1988.
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