1947 - 1998
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were married for 50 years before Roy Rogers died, leaving behind his partner and 2 children.
They had 2 children, Cheryl Darlene (84) and Robin Elizabeth (72).
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American Actor Roy Rogers was born Leonard Franklin Slye on 5th November, 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and passed away on 6th Jul 1998 Apple Valley, California, USA aged 86. He is most remembered for The Old Barn Dance (1938). His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
American Actress Dale Evans was born Frances Octavia Smith on 31st October, 1912 in Uvalde, Texas, USA and passed away on 7th Feb 2001 Apple Valley, CA, USA aged 88. She is most remembered for Wrote the song Happy Trails. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio.
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Relationship Statistics
| Status | Duration | Length |
|---|
| Dating | Mar 1947 - 31st Dec 1947 |
10 months, 5 days
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| Married | 31st Dec 1947 - 6th Jul 1998 |
50 years, 6 months
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| Total |
Mar 1947 -
6th Jul 1998
|
51 years, 4 months
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|---|
(December 31, 1947 - July 6, 1998) (his death) (5 children)
Rogers met Dale Evans in 1944 when they were cast in a film together. They fell in love soon after Arline's death and Rogers proposed to her during a rodeo at Chicago Stadium. They married on New Year's Eve in 1947 at the Flying L Ranch in Davis, Oklahoma, where they had filmed Home in Oklahoma a few months earlier. Together they had five children Robin Elizabeth, who had Down Syndrome and died of complications with mumps shortly before her second birthday, & adopted four children: Mimi, Dodie, Sandy, and Debbie.
Evans wrote about losing their daughter in her book Angel Unaware.
They remained married until Rogers' death in 1998.
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