Country music legend, sausage pitchman Jimmy Dean dies
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[quote]Country music artist and sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died at his home in Varina, Virginia, Sunday evening, police said. He was 81.
Dean, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, was with his wife Donna at the time of his death, which appears to be from natural causes, said R.J. Clark of the Henrico County Police department.
Musically, Dean is best known for his song "Big Bad John," which made it to No. 1 on both the country and pop charts in 1961 and was honored with a Grammy. His narrative style of song also produced hits like "Little Black Book" and "P.T. 109" -- a song about John F. Kennedy's command in the South Pacific during World War II.
Starting in 1963, he hosted a successful variety show on ABC called "The Jimmy Dean Show," which ran for three years. Regulars on the program included Roger Miller and puppeteer Jim Henson, making Rowlf -- a piano-playing dog -- an early Muppet favorite.
In the late 1960s Dean also appeared regularly on the NBC series "Daniel Boone." He played Boone's friend Josh Clements.
At about the same time, Dean started the Jimmy Dean Meat Company. Dean eventually sold his meat company to Sara Lee Foods in 1984, but remained its chairman and TV spokesman, which kept him in the public eye until recent years.
Dean was born Seth Ward in Olton, Texas, on August 10, 1928. His mom taught him piano starting at age 10, but he also learned how to play the guitar, harmonica, and accordion.
After his discharge from the Air Force in 1948 he put together a band called the Texas Wildcats and played in the Washington D.C. area
"We played every dive in Washington at one time or another," Dean said in his biography on the Country Music Hall of Fame website. "And dives is what they were."
Dean was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year.[/quote]
[B]Source:[/B] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/13/jimmy.dean.obit/index.html?hpt=T3[/url]
No more sausages for us
Don't even know him.
God damnit, not more celebrities dying, And it's mostly been the good ones too....
no not my beans and wieners
Fuck, those little breakfast sausage patties were fantastic.
who will make my breakfast bowls now
That's awful, I used to eat Jimmy Dean sausage all the time. :saddowns:
Wow that sucks
This is a very sad day...
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22597913]Fuck, those little breakfast sausage patties were fantastic.[/QUOTE]
And they still are, in our hearts
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;22597966]And they still are, in our hearts[/QUOTE]
Literally in our hearts, or at least in our cardiovascular systems.
RIP, that guy I only know from having his name on the sausages.
Why are such unknown people dying all of the sudden?
Yeah, would be better if Obama died or something
Meh, I don't know that guy, I don't think I lost something important in my life
[QUOTE=Paravin;22598115]Why are such unknown people dying all of the sudden?[/QUOTE]
Jimmy Dean is pretty well known here in America.
Why couldn't it be Fred Phelps?
:smithicide:
I'm gonna have one of his croissants in his honor.
He was an actual person? Huh, his sausages aren't half bad.
quick, someone play a countrysong backwards so he gets his life, woman, dog and pickup back!
Jimmy Deans sausage biscut things were amazing
No breakfast is complete without Jimmy Dean sausage.
Today is a sad day.
[QUOTE=Leon;22597905]no not my beans and wieners[/QUOTE]
Frank & beans
Are his sausages good then?
This is horrible. He was one of my favourite singers too.
Rest in peace.
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[QUOTE=MachiniOs;22603836]Are his sausages good then?[/QUOTE]
Immensely.
NOOOOOOOOOOO NOT THAT 'SAUSAGE' GUY YOU STUPID VOODOO DOLL!
Dammit! Next time buy the premium package!
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Uhh... You heard nothing.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;22597858]God damnit, not more celebrities dying, And it's mostly been the good ones too....[/QUOTE]
Fyi, there are [I]hundreds[/I] of celebrities, and it turns out they age and get sick as well as any other person. There will always be celebrities dying every year.
It really shouldn't be that much more shocking to hear that a soldier was killed an a war.
It happens.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22623508]Fyi, there are [I]hundreds[/I] of celebrities, and it turns out they age and get sick as well as any other person. There will always be celebrities dying every year.
It really shouldn't be that much more shocking to hear that a soldier was killed an a war.
It happens.[/QUOTE]
Of course, I forgot to /sarcasm it. Personally, all I cared about was his music. Even though he was a sellout.
[QUOTE=Jimmyshimmy;22599261]quick, someone play a countrysong backwards so he gets his life, woman, dog and pickup back![/QUOTE]
:bravo:
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