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Feb 27, 1909Texas Jim Robertson is born in Batesville, Texas. He accrues a trio of country hits in the late-1940s by re-recording Ernest Tubb singles. He also appears on such radio shows as "Death Valley Days" and "Dick Tracy"May 11, 1952Lucy Robertson, the eight-year-old daughter of Texas Jim Robertson, dies when she's hit by a car in a hit-and-run accident in Teaneck, New JerseyNov 11, 1966Texas Jim Robertson dies of asphyxiation from exhaust fumes in his garage in Newton, New Jersey. "It is the best way," he wrote in a suicide note. Three of his four 1940s hits came when he remade Ernest Tubb singles, and he was a familiar presence on the radio shows "Death Valley Days" and "Dick Tracy"
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