100th BIRTHDAY
Smiley Burnette
AMERICAN ACTOR
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BORN: March 18, 1911, Summum, Illinois
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DIED: February 16, 1967, Encino, California
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CAUSE OF DEATH: Leukemia
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Tags: Smiley Burnette
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Tags: Smiley Burnette
Happy Birthday Smiley! I will always remember with fondness and joy your presence in the Gene Autrey movies Ienjoyed as a child . Thanks for the memories. Anne.
I’ll have to pay my respects next time I’m in LA. I always make a beeline for Forest Lawn whenever I’m in town.
I have a picture of my mother setting on the lap of Smiley Burnette while he was on a promotional tour around the mid-south area for a local radio station in the late 1940’s. His gravesite was on my list when I visited in November of 2008.