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   William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". [2] .

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   Oct 5, 2024 · Will Rogers (born November 4, 1879, Cherokee Territory, U.S. [near present-day Claremore, Oklahoma]—died August 15, 1935, near Point Barrow, Alaska) was an American entertainer, radio personality, film actor, and writer who was famous for his pithy and homespun humour and social commentary.

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   Will Rogers is the highest paid film star in Hollywood. His famous talks on the Gulf Oil radio broadcasts reach millions of listeners. Will and Betty celebrate their silver anniversary. 1935. August 15, Will Rogers is killed with his friend Wiley Post in an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.

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   Rogers and his wife and children moved to California, where he acted in a number of films, beginning with Laughing Bill Hyde (1918). Rogers's two-year contract was terminated, however, when the studio changed hands. He then began his own film production

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   Jun 25, 2021 · Will Rogers first met his future wife, Betty Blake, when she paid a visit to her sister in Rogers’s hometown of Oologah, Oklahoma, in 1899. Both were twenty, and Rogers was smitten immediately with the talented pianist, although they would not marry until 1908.

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   Jul 26, 2024 · Husband of Betty (Blake) Rogers — married 25 Nov 1908 in Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States. Descendants. Father of William Penn Rogers Jr, Mary Amelia (Rogers) Brooks, James Blake Rogers and Fred Stone Rogers. Died 15 Aug 1935 at age 55 in Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.

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   • Will Rogers (born November 4, 1879, Cherokee Territory, U.S. [near present-day Claremore, Oklahoma]—died August 15, 1935, near Point Barrow, Alaska) was an American entertainer, radio personality, film actor, and writer who was famous for his pithy and homespun humour and social commentary.

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   • Rogers and his wife and children moved to California, where he acted in a number of films, beginning with Laughing Bill Hyde (1918). Rogers's two-year contract was terminated, however, when the studio changed hands. He then began his own film production Will Rogers.

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   • By 1935, his show was being announced as "Will Rogers and his Famous Alarm Clock". In 1908, Rogers married Betty Blake (1879–1944), and the couple had four children: Will Rogers Jr., Mary Amelia, James Blake, and Fred Stone. Will Jr. became a World War II hero, played his father in two films, and was elected to Congress.

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   • William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". [ 2 ]

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   • Will Rogers, American entertainer, radio personality, film actor, and writer who was famous for his pithy and homespun humor and social commentary. He appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and in such films as They Had to See Paris, A Connecticut Yankee, State Fair, Steamboat ’Round the Bend, and In Old Kentucky.

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   • For other uses, see Will Rogers (disambiguation) and William Rogers (disambiguation). William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator.

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   Betty was a loving and supportive wife to Will until his death. During his years in the vaudeville circuits, as well as his time with Ziegfeld Follies in 1917, Will’s act evolved from the exhibition of his lasso skills that had launched his career to the development of his own unique.