The Purple People Eater is no more!

[NaMeaHou]

Sheb Wooley. Radio, tv, rodeo, Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand.

A true Renaissance Man!

I wouldn't eat you cause you're too tough!

[madrchsod]

1. sheb gone?

well not as big as cash but he lived a good life entertaining people. hell i even remember him....

[NaMeaHou]

4. Hey!

He was in 60 movies and 50 tv episodes - mostly westerns.

The Purple People Eater song sold 3 million copies in 3 weeks. That was a long time ago (less purple people around to buy it)!

Cash was a great man in so many ways.

[Gloria]

2. Jeez...I still have that single!!

eom

[blondeatlast]

3. Did he eat flying purple people?

Or was the monster a flying purple people?

Alas, the question is now eternal . . .

. . .sigh. . .

[Wickerman]

5. Heee-haaa

dammit, folks dropping like flies.

[RC]

6. Cowboy Actor, Singer Sheb Wooley Dies

Cowboy actor and singer Sheb Wooley, who recorded one of the most successful novelty songs ever with The Purple People Eater, has died.

His wife says Wooley died Tuesday at a Nashville hospital following a long battle with leukemia. He was 82.

Wooley appeared in more than 30 films between 1950 and 1988, primarily in westerns. He also starred on the popular 1960's TV western Rawhide.

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=47C812B7-AF7C-45F2-A9CE56B60E1D0A6F

[Rowdyboy]

7. Man I loved that song as a kid....

Could sing it word for word at 5.

[regnaD kciN]

8. Also famous...

...as one of the bad guys (the main villain's brother) in High Noon.

[VOX]

9. Right -- the one who breaks the shop window and steals the bonnet...

A "gift" for one of the town ladies he hopes to take advantage of. But his act of breaking the glass alerts Will Kane (Gary Cooper) that the bad guys are on the adjacent street...

Sorry, "High Noon" is one of my favorites!

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