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    • Aug 10, 1928
    Jimmy Dean is born in Olton, Texas. A network TV host and sausage-company owner, he sells a million copies of the 1961 single "Big Bad John." He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010
    Jul 11, 1950
    Jimmy Dean marries his first wife, Mary Sue Wittauer, at the Presbyterian Church in Takoma Park, Maryland
    May 26, 1951
    Jimmy and Sue Dean have a son, Garry Taylor Dean
    Mar 7, 1953
    Four Star releases Jimmy Dean's "Bumming Around"
    May 16, 1953
    Jimmy Dean makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, introduced to the audience at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium by Carl Smith
    Mar 29, 1954
    Jimmy Dean's wife, Sue, gives birth to their daughter, Connie Elizabeth Dean, at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland. Connie inspires his 1962 recitation "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Jan 17, 1955
    "Town And Country Time," produced by country music promoter Connie B. Gay, debuts on WMAL-TV in Washington, D.C. The daily half-hour show is hosted by Jimmy Dean. The cast includes George Hamilton IV and--in short order--Roy Clark
    Jan 5, 1957
    Patsy Cline shows up late for her weekly TV appearance on Jimmy Dean's "Town And Country Jamboree" in Washington, D.C. Dean fires her
    Apr 1, 1957
    Jimmy Dean's recording contract with Columbia takes effect, though it takes another four years before he finally earns the label a hit
    Apr 8, 1957
    "Country Style," hosted by Jimmy Dean from the WTOP studios in Washington, D.C., debuts as a daytime program on CBS-TV, where it remains until December. The cast includes Billy Grammer
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