Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry[1] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998),[2] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. He was the founding owner of the California Angels[Note 1] franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1997.
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