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Gene Autry, wearing a cowboy hat and Western suit, smiles while playing an acoustic guitar. Black-and-white movie poster for South of the Border (1939) featuring Gene Autry grabbing a man with a gun, with film title, cast names, and a scene of people gathered below a balcony.
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after breaking the world record with a time of 19.30 to win the gold medal as Churandy Martina (left) of Netherlands Antilles and Brian Dzingai of Zimbabwe come in after him in the Men's 200m Final at the National Stadium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Summer Olympics, track and field, athletics)
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Gene Autry: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: NPR - Gene Autry, America's 'Public Cowboy No. 1'. May 27, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Remembering Gene Autry. Dec 20, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 28, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 25, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Remembering Gene Autry. May 07, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Gene Autry, America's 'Public Cowboy No. 1'. Mar 15, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS SoCal - Beyond Gene Autry: The Making of the Singing Cowboy Myth. Jan 28, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Maryland - Modern Songs Of War And Conflict - Gene Autry's Propaganda on the Range. Dec 05, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Updated to include Autry's induction into the National Recording Registry. Apr 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame - Gene Autry. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - Gene Autry, America's 'Public Cowboy No. 1'. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Gene Autry. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Gene Autry. Oct 24, 2021
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Biography of Gene Orvon Autry. Mar 27, 2020
Article revised and updated. Sep 26, 2019
Add new Web site: Official Site of Gene Autry. Jun 10, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Gene Autry. Jun 10, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Gene Autry. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Gene Autry. Jun 09, 2014
Added photograph. Aug 04, 2010
New article added. Mar 09, 2009
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