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    • Feb 3, 1966
    Republic Pictures founder Herb Yates dies at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. His company, established in 1935, launched the careers of western actors Gene Autry, John Wayne and Roy Rogers
    Feb 14, 1966
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans host the circus in Greensboro, North Carolina
    Sep 1, 1966
    "Born To Buck," a documentary about wild horses, makes its debut in movie theaters with Rex Allen narrating
    Sep 11, 1966
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans are featured alongside Ella Fitzgerald on NBC-TV's "The Andy Williams Show"
    Nov 11, 1966
    Texas 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"
    Feb 17, 1967
    Western actor Smiley Burnette dies of leukemia in Encino, California. He served as Gene Autry's sidekick in a wave of movies in the 1930s and '40s
    Feb 18, 1967
    Teen-aged Steve Sanders makes a guest appearance on CBS-TV's "Gunsmoke." As an adult, he spends eight years as a member of The Oak Ridge Boys
    Mar 2, 1967
    Jimmy Dean plays a murder suspect on NBC-TV's "Daniel Boone." He soon becomes a regular member of the cast, which also includes Fess Parker and Ed Ames
    Oct 9, 1967
    Elvis Presley begins filming the western "Stay Away, Joe" in Sedona, Arizona
    Nov 3, 1967
    Rick Nelson shows up in a guest role on the short-lived ABC western "Hondo"



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