| Will Rogers  AKA William Penn Adair Rogers
Born: 04-Nov-1879
Birthplace: Oologah, Indian Territory (presently Oklahoma)
Died: 15-Aug-1935
Location of death: Point Barrow, AK
Cause of death: Accident - Airplane [1]
Remains: Buried, Will Rogers Memorial and Museum, Claremore, OK
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Comic, Columnist, Radio Personality
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist
[1] Died near Barrow, Alaska when his sea plane plunged into a lagoon. At the time, he and one-eyed aviator Wiley Post were surveying possible flight paths between Seattle and the Soviet Union.
Father: Clement Vann Rogers (b. 11-Jan-1839, d. 28-Oct-1911)
Mother: Mary America Schrimsher (b. 9-Oct-1839, d. 28-May-1890)
Sister: Elizabeth Rogers (b. 11-Sep-1861, d. Dec-1863)
Sister: Sallie Clementine Rogers
Brother: Robert Martin Rogers (b. 15-Apr-1866, d. 13-Apr-1883)
Sister: Maude Ethel Rogers
Sister: May Rogers
Sister: Zoe Rogers (b. 31-Jul-1876, d. 31-Jul-1876)
Brother: Homar Rogers (b. 1-Jul-1878, d. 25-Sep-1878)
Wife: Betty Blake (m. 1908)
Son: Will Rogers, Jr. (b. 20-Oct-1911, d. 1993)
Daughter: Mary Amelia Rogers (b. 18-May-1913, d. 1989)
Son: James Blake Rogers (b. 25-Jul-1915, d. 2000)
Son: Fred Stone Rogers (b. 15-Jul-1918, d. 1920)
University: Kemper Military School and College, Boonville, MO
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Freemasonry Claremore, OK (1905)
Rancheros Vistadores
Shriners
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6401 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6608 Hollywood Blvd (radio)
Kentucky Colonel
National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1955)
Cholecystectomy
Exhumed Glendale, CA (19-May-1944)
National Statuary Hall (1939)
Cherokee Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
In Old Kentucky (28-Nov-1935)
Steamboat Round The Bend (6-Sep-1935) · Dr. John Pearly
Doubting Thomas (10-Jul-1935)
Life Begins at Forty (22-Mar-1935) · Kenesaw H. Clark
Judge Priest (5-Oct-1934) · Judge Priest
David Harum (1-Mar-1934)
Mr. Skitch (22-Dec-1933)
Doctor Bull (22-Sep-1933)
State Fair (26-Jan-1933) · Abel Frake
Ambassador Bill (13-Nov-1931)
A Connecticut Yankee (6-Apr-1931) · Hank Martin
They Had to See Paris (18-Sep-1929)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1801 (15 cents, issued 4-Nov-1979)
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