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Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials, and his likeness and voice continue to be used in advertisements after his death.
Sep 27, 2023 · Jimmy Ray Dean was born on August 10, 1928, in Olton, Texas, to working-class parents. Raised in Plainview, Texas, Dean's Depression-era upbringing saw him experience abject poverty.
Jun 14, 2010 · Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81. His wife, Donna Meade Dean ...
Jun 14, 2010 · STORY HIGHLIGHTS. (CNN) -- Country music artist and sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died at his home in Varina, Virginia, Sunday evening, police said. He was 81. Dean, a member of the Country ...
Jimmy Dean passed away on June 13, 2010 at the age of 81. Although he is no longer with us, he left behind a heapin’ helpin’ of morning wisdom. His most famous quote of all might be, “You can’t change the direction of the wind. But you can adjust your sails to always reach your destination.”. Words to live by.
Jimmy Dean. Actor: Diamonds Are Forever. Jimmy Dean, the musician, actor and entrepreneur, was instrumental in the mainstreaming of country music, a genre that now enjoys popularity in some regions of the United States but which, back in the 1960s, was accorded little respect by mass media. Jimmy Dean had a #1 hit in the US and England with his song "Big Bad John," which established his fame ...
Jun 15, 2010 · Jimmy Ray Dean was born in Seth Ward, just outside Plainview, at the base of the Texas panhandle, on Aug. 10, 1928. His mother, Ruth, became a barber to support her two sons Jimmy was the elder ...
Dec 2, 2014 · Country Legend Jimmy Dean Dies. GRAMMY-winning country artist Jimmy Dean died Sunday at his home in Varina, Va. No cause of death was provided. He was 81 years old. Dean was known for his work in music, television and film, and as a sausage business entrepreneur with the Jimmy Dean Meat Company. His signature songs included "Big Bad John ...
Jun 14, 2010 · 14 June 2010. Dean was born in Texas in 1928. Jimmy Dean, the country singer who had a big hit with Big Bad John, has died at the age of 81. His wife, Donna Meade Dean, said her husband passed ...
Jun 14, 2010 · In 1969, Dean went into the sausage business, starting the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. in his hometown. He sold the company to Sara Lee Corp. in 1984. Dean lived in semiretirement with his wife, ...
