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  • Jan 6, 1880
    Actor Tom Mix is born in Mix Run, Pennsylvania. He becomes one of the first western film stars and will be cited in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
    Oct 12, 1940
    Actor Tom Mix dies in Florence, Arizona. A western star in the earliest days of the film industry, he's mentioned in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
    Oct 19, 1976
    The Statler Brothers record "The Movies" during an afternoon session at Nashville's US Recording Studio. It namechecks six people and 42 films, including cowboy stars Roy Rogers and Tom Mix, plus the western pictures "Mexicali Rose," "Shane," "Rio Grande," "True Grit," "Jesse James," "Twelve O'Clock High" and "Santa Fe"
    Apr 17, 2010
    The U.S. Postal Service issues stamps honoring Roy Rogers and Gene Autry in a series celebrating cowboys of the silver screen. Also featured in the four-stamp set: silent-movie stars Tom Mix and William S. Hart

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