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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 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, has died. He was 81.
His wife, Donna Meade Dean, says her husband died at 7:54 p.m. Sunday at their Henrico County, Va., home, south of Richmond.
She tells The Associated Press that he had some health problems but was still functioning well, so his death came as a shock.
Born in 1928, Dean was raised in poverty in Plainview, Texas, and dropped out of high school after the ninth grade. But he went on to a successful entertainment career in the '50s and '60s.
In 1969, Dean went into the sausage business, starting the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. He sold the company to Sara Lee Corp. in 1984. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | "... he was a big, big man..."
RIP JD! |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | RIP Jimmy. What happens to Rowlf the Dog now??? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | One of my best friends in the symphony chorus toured with Jimmy as part of his back-up singers. He says Jimmy was forever kind to everyone he worked with. He has told me lots of stories about their relationship over the years. He was a true gentleman and an incredible story teller. His sausage isn't bad, either. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Thants for the songs and sausage. |
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Location: Ohio | We'll miss ya Jimmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Flahdaw | Here's a great recipe for Sweet Sausage Balls |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yep, when I was a kid we named a cat "Big John". Never missed his show. And I honestly won't buy any other brand of sausage - not becasue it's his brand, but because it really is the best.
RIP |
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Location: East Tennessee | Another good one gone. :( |
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RIP Jimmy Dean