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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye, November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an Americansinger and cowboyactor. Roy Rogers Restaurants chain was named after him.

He and his third wife Dale Evans, his golden horse named Trigger, and his German Shepherd named Bullet were in more than 100 movies and The Roy Rogers Show.

Roy rogers real name leonard biography

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The show was on the radio and then on television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually had a sidekick, usually either Pat Brady, (who drove a Jeep called "Nellybelle") or Andy Devine, or the crotchety George "Gabby" Hayes.

Rogers' nickname was "King of the Cowboys." Evans' nickname was "Queen of the West."

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Early life

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Leonard Franklin Slye was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in USA.

His parents' names were Andrew and Mattie Slye. His family lived in a tenement building on 2nd Street. (Riverfront Stadium was built at this place in 1970 and Leonard joked that he had been