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    • Oct 25, 2003
    Jimmy Dean holds a yard sale at his home in Richmond, Virginia. Among the items sold: a picture of Dean and Elvis Presley, which goes for $100; and a "Jimmy Dean For Coroner" ballcap, $1
    Jan 19, 2004
    Jimmy Dean says the Sara Lee Corporation has dropped him as a spokesman for Jimmy Dean Sausage. The company, he adds, believes he is unable to attract younger housewives, an assessment he calls "the dumbest thing"
    Aug 20, 2005
    The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame adds Jimmy Dean, Roger Miller, fiddler Johnny Gimble and producer/songwriter Glenn Sutton during a ceremony in Carthage
    Jul 2, 2007
    Western swing band The Time Jumpers draws a notable guest, Jimmy Dean, to its weekly show at Nashville's Station Inn
    May 20, 2008
    Jimmy Dean donates $1 million to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. It's the largest donation the college has ever received
    Jun 13, 2008

    John Cornyn, running for Texas senator, introduces a campaign video that uses a rewritten version of the Jimmy Dean classic "Big Bad John"

    Apr 20, 2009
    Much of Jimmy Dean's home in Virginia is destroyed by a blaze that takes firefighters eight hours to extinguish. Dean and his wife are unharmed. His Grammy for "Big Bad John" miraculously survives
    Feb 23, 2010
    Don Williams, Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky and songwriter/producer Billy Sherrill are announced by the CMA as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jun 13, 2010
    Jimmy Dean dies at home in Varina, Virginia. Best known for the million-selling "Big Bad John," he spent significant time as a network-TV host and the owner of Jimmy Dean sausage. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 2010
    Jun 21, 2010
    Jimmy Dean's funeral is held at the Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. In attendance are Bill Anderson, George Hamilton IV and The Statler Brothers' Don Reid
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