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Will Rogers Will Rogers was the youngest children out of eight. William Penn Adair Rogers was born on November 4, 1879 in Oologah, Indian Territory (that is now Oklahoma). Rogers died in August 15, 1935 at age 55; he was an American cowboy, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and motion picture actor. He was one of the world 's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. He also Known as "Oklahoma 's Favorite Son, The house that he was born in had built in 1875 and was identified as the "White House on the Verdigris River. His parents, Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, were in part of Cherokee heritage, that make Rogers himself 9/32 (just over 1/4) Cherokee were in part of Cherokee nation. As growing up on the family …show more content…
Betty Rogers’s wife died that same year, and rests beside her husband and son. Will Rogers ' political writings and sayings continue to remain appropriate to politics today, and his comedy and humor continue to endear him to audiences everywhere. The Will Rogers Institute, which supplies financial support for research on pulmonary diseases, was recognized as a proper memorial to the man who loved all human beings. People can visit the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma and the Will Rogers Dog Iron Ranch & Birthplace Home in Oologah, Oklahoma. Before Will Rogers died he made 71 movies, 50 silent films and 21 "talkies”, wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure. I feel like he was a great man and I would love to meet if he was still …show more content…
There are thirteen public schools in Oklahoma named Will Rogers, including Will Rogers High School in Tulsa. Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City was named for him, as was the Will Rogers Turnpike, also known as the section of Interstate 44 between Tulsa and Joplin, Missouri. There is a memorials in Texas it call The Will Rogers Memorial Center was built in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1936 with a mural, a bust and a life-size statue of Will Rogers on Soapsuds, titled Into the Sunset and sculpted by Electra Waggoner Biggs. In 1936, the NVA Hospital located in Saranac Lake, New York was renamed to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in his honor by the National Vaudeville Artists association. Also in California many things was name after Will Rogers for example a small park on Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills was named Will Rogers Memorial Park after him. Also, a beach in Malibu was named Will Rogers Beach. Will Rogers Elementary School in Santa Monica is named for Rogers, as is Will Rogers Elementary School in Ventura. There are two Middle Schools named Will Rogers (one in Long Beach and the other in Fair Oaks). A United States Navy submarine USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) is also named in his

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