Roy Rogers Journey Through Life

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Roy Roger’s Journey Through Life
Roy Rogers was born into a middle class family of farmers. He started his music career in California with his cousin. He was also in several other music groups throughout his life. His acting career began in 1935. During his acting career, he legally changed his name multiple times until he finally changed his name to Roy Rogers. He has been rewarded with many accolades.Roy Rogers is considered one of the most popular western stars of his era. Born November 5, 1911, Roy Rogers left behind a large legacy in music and acting.
On November 5, 1911, Leonard Slye, later changed to Roy Rogers, was born in Con innate, Ohio to Andrew and Mattie Slye who was a middle class farming family. Rogers joked that, ”We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight” (Rogers). His family later moved to Duck Run, Ohio where the family worked on a farm and Rogers and his father worked in a shoe shop. The family businesses were …show more content…

The Slye Brothers went on tour. When the group was on tour, Rogers met a girl named Lucille Ascolese who he later proposed to over a radio broadcast in 1933. Then in June of 1933, Rogers went on tour with another group called the O-Bar-O Cowboys. Once Rogers finished the tour with the O-Bar-O Cowboys, he decided to begin his own group called Sons of the Pioneers. In 1934, Rogers and Ascolese began to get a divorce in order. Asolses said that they were separating because she was “jealous and tired of being a musician's wife” (Ascolese). Then in 1935, Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers were given a role in the 1935 film Slightly Static. On June 8,1936, the couple became officially separated. Then in the same month on June 11,1936, Rogers married Arline Wilkins who he met in Roswell, New Mexico while on tour with the O-Bar-O Cowboys. Also, in 1936, Rogers and Sons of the Pioneers were in Gene Autry’s film, The Big Show

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