Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928—June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman. Raised in Seth Ward, Texas, he began his professional entertainment career following military service in the U.S. Air Force, fronting his backing band, the Texas Wildcats. He achieved widespread national exposure hosting The Jimmy Dean Show on CBS and ABC, a television variety program that provided early network distribution for country music acts and Jim Henson's puppetry. He won a Grammy Award for his 1961 million-selling crossover hit "Big Bad John" and secured acting roles in the television series Daniel Boone and the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He established the prominent commercial breakfast brand, the Jimmy Dean Meat Company, in 1969 and was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2010 and.
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