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Will Rogers
American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)
For other uses, see Will Rogers (disambiguation) and William Rogers (disambiguation).
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Rogers in 1922 | |
In office December 21, 1926 - December 23, 1926 | |
Preceded by | Silsby Spalding |
Succeeded by | Paul E. Schwab |
Born | William Penn Adair Rogers (1879-11-04)November 4, 1879 near Oologah, Indian Territory |
Died | August 15, 1935(1935-08-15) (aged 55) North Slope, Alaska Territory, U.S. |
Cause of death | Airplane crash |
Resting place | Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma |
Nationality | Cherokee Nation United States |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Betty Blake (m. 1908) |
Children | 4, including Will Rogers Jr. and James Blake Rogers |
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Nickname | "The Cherokee Kid" |
William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August
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Will Rogers
Born
in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), The United StatesNovember 04, 1879
Died
August 15, 1935
Website
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/rogers/
Genre
Humor and Comedy, Nonfiction
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People noted wry homespun commentary of American humorist William Penn Adair Rogers, known as Will, on gemenskap and politics.
This Cherokee cowboy, comedian, vaudeville performer, and actor fathered Will Rogers Jr., the congressman and veteran of World War II.
A mother bore Rogers, known as favorite son of Oklahoma, into a prominent family. This world-famous figure traveled around the world three times, made 50 silent films and 21 "talkie" movies, and wrote more than fyra thousand nationally-syndicated newspaper columns.
The American people adored Rogers, the top-paid movie star in Hollywood at the time before the mid-1930s. Rogers died with aviator Wiley brev, whose small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska territory.
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Of the many books written about Will Rogers, none can have the immediacy, firsthand knowledge, and personal perspective of this account by his wife, Betty Blake Rogers. Her story is of Will Rogers, from wayward youth to international celebrity.
Will was born in 1879 in the Cherokee nation of Indian Territory, near what is now Oologah, and died in 1935 with Wiley Post in an airplane crash in Alaska. The period witnessed the passing of the frontier and the arrival of the air age, and Will Rogers became a unique part and interpreter of it all.
"The book offers a ’unique insight’ into the Oklahoma cowboy who became a worldwide celebrity. Betty Rogers understood Will as no one else could, and her book amplifies the importance of a homegrown philosopher who captured the spirit of the American experience. Cowboy, showman, homespun pundit-Will left his mark in many ways, each of which is carefully developed in the book’s twenty-two chapters. Most notable, however, is Mrs. Rog