1. Tex Ritter | Biography, Songs, High Noon, & Death - Britannica
In 1974 Ritter died of an apparent heart attack. Decades later, after his son John died of an aortic dissection in 2003, and his other son had one diagnosed and ...
Tex Ritter (1905–74) was a country music singer and actor noted for playing singing cowboys in Western movies. He was the singer of “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’)” featured in the movie High Noon (1952), which won an Academy Award for best song.
2. Tex Ritter Biography - Alan Cackett
Tex Ritter died January 2, 1973 after a heart attack at the Metro Jail, Nashville, where he was arranging bail for one of his band members. His son John Ritter ...
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3. Tex Ritter - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
In 1970, Ritter ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. Ritter's death on January 2, 1974, marked the passing of one of C&W music's ...
Tex Ritter was the most well-versed of all Hollywood’s singing cowboys. Born Woodward Maurice Ritter in Panola County, Texas (where Jim Reeves was born), Ritter was raised with a deep love of western music. When he entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1922, he met J. Frank Dobie, Oscar J. Fox, and John Lomax—three of the most noted authorities on cowboy songs, who added further to his knowledge of western music. While studying law in college, Ritter had his own weekly radio program, singing cowboy songs on KPRC in Houston.
4. Texas History Headlines - 1974 - Heart Attack claims Tex Ritter, 67
On this date in 1974, Country Singer Tex Ritter died in Nashville of a heart attack. He was born Woodward Maurice Ritter in Murvaul in Panola County.
5. Sippin' Booze With Tex Ritter Along The Elk, Outlaw Buddy Al Jennings ...
11 okt 2024 · A short time after spinning tales with Tex along the Elk, he died of a heart attack in 1974 at age 68. Later, I got sober with the help of a lot ...
"I do not know what fate awaits me I only know I must be brave For I must face a man who hates me Or die a coward, a craven coward Or die a coward in my grave." - High Noon
6. Tex Ritter | Country Music Wiki | Fandom
Ritter had his last recording session for Capitol Records in 1973. In 1974, he had a heart attack and died in Nashville, ten days before his 69th birthday.
Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974), better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting (son John and grandson Jason). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Ritter was born in Murvaul, Texas, the son of Martha Elizabeth (née Matthews) and German American James Everett Ritter. He grew up on his family's farm in Panola County and attended gr
7. Tex Ritter - Wikipedia
9 nov 2024 · Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American Country music, a popular singer and actor from ...
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8. Tex Ritter - Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Induction Year · 1971 ; Birth Name · Woodward Maurice Ritter ; Birth Date · 01-12-1905 ; Place of Birth · Panola County, Texas ; Death Date · 01-02-1974.
9. The SETX Connection: Tex Ritter - Boomtown Film & Music Festival
25 jun 2022 · Three years later, in 1973,Tex Ritter died at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack at the Metro Jail in Nashville, where he was ...
10. The life and times of Tex Ritter - Gonzales Weekly Citizen
11 mei 2019 · Born Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter, the Country singer and songwriter was born in Murvaul, Panola country, Texas on January 12, 1905.
Ritter was raised with a deep love of Country Western music. While studying at the University of Texas, he became interested in cowboy songs and folklore.
11. Tex Ritter – TEXAS HISTORY NOTEBOOK
26 apr 2018 · Tex passed away in January of 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee. His death was attributed to a heart attack. Earlier that day, he had been ...
Woodward Maurice “Tex” Ritter was born on January 12, 1905 to James Everett and Elizabeth Matthews Ritter of Murvaul, Texas, in Panola County about 10 miles south of Carthage. He was the youn…
12. Country, Western Music Giant Tex Ritter Dies - Newspapers.com
3 jan 1974 · (AP) Tex Ritter, a towering figure in Country and Western music, is dead of a heart attack at 67. Ritter, who ranked with such greats as Roy ...
Clipping found in The Piqua Daily Call published in Piqua, Ohio on 1/3/1974. Tex Ritter - Country, Western Music Giant Tex Ritter Dies
13. Tex Ritter - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
His best-known songs include “Jealous Heart,” “You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often,” and “I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven.” Ritter was inducted into the Country ...
(1905–74). Country-music singer and actor Tex Ritter was noted for playing singing cowboys in Western movies. He was the singer of “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My…
14. Tex Ritter Biography
Born Maurice Woodward Ritter on January 12, 1905, in Murvaul, TX; died on January 2, 1974, in Nashville, TN; wife: Dorothy Fay Southworth (an actress); ...
Born Maurice Woodward Ritter on January 12, 1905, in Murvaul, TX; died on January 2, 1974, in Nashville, TN; wife: Dorothy Fay Southworth (an actress); children: John, Tom.
15. Tex Ritter Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More - AllMusic
After an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1970, Ritter died of a heart attack on January 2, 1974; his son John Ritter carried on the family name as a ...
Explore Tex Ritter's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Tex Ritter on AllMusic.
16. Tex Ritter - NNDB
Born: 12-Jan-1905 ; Birthplace: Murvaul, TX ; Died: 2-Jan-1974 ; Location of death: Nashville, TN ; Cause of death: Heart Failure
AKA Woodward Maurice Ritter
17. Western crooner Tex Ritter succumbs in country-music capital
2 jan 1974 · On this date in 1974, Tex Ritter died in Nashville, Tennessee. The native of Murval, Texas, attended the University of Texas, where he was ...
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18. Tex Ritter Family Tree (52997) - FamousKin.com
John Ritter died tragically in 2003 from an aortic dissection shortly after production of an episode for his sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage ...
Ancestor charts showing Tex Ritter's family tree and relationships with famous kin.
19. “Tex” Ritter, long gone but not forgotten - Port Arthur News
3 jan 2018 · Smith himself remembers Tex Ritter's death on Jan. 2, 1974, and the funeral at nearby First United Methodist Church, not far from the two-story ...
Woodward Maurice “Tex” Ritter, radio singing cowboy, movie starca and country music mainstay spent much of a lifetime the object of some fan adulation. He may have spent frigid Tuesday, the 44th anniversary of his death, largely alone. The Heritage Museum in downtown Nederland, where many of his relics reside, was closed due to winter […]
