Gene Autry, the singing cowboy superstar of the silver screen, media entrepreneur and original owner of the Anaheim Angels, died Friday. He was His death came three days after his 91st birthday and three months after that of his celluloid rival and friend Roy Rogers. He was enormously successful at almost anything he tried--radio, records, songwriting, television, real estate and business, as well as movies and museums.

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After high school Gene Autry worked as a laborer for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in Oklahoma. Next he was a telegrapher.
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Autry, who grew up in Texas and Oklahoma , had aspired to be a singer since before he acquired a guitar at the age of While working as a telegraph agent for the railroad, Autry journeyed briefly to New York City , where he tried unsuccessfully to become a professional singer. In his film debut he sang a song in the Ken Maynard vehicle In Old Santa Fe , and it launched his career as a cowboy actor.