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I recently finished dean smiths memoir cowboy stuntman. Dean wrote more than 20 books, most relating to arizona, several published by arizona highways magazine. Mike cox newspaper collection, 18002010 manuscripts. A tribute to the singing cowboys gene autry, roy rogers, rex allen, monte hale, eddie dean, tex ritter, and singing sandy aka john wayne. Dean is best known for playing philip ryan in the bbc 1 drama waterloo road. National cowboys of color museum and hall of fame dallas. The 2006 event benefits the john wayne cancer institute and cancer services network and will be held october 1921, 2006 at the expo center of taylor county in abilene, texas. Finis dean smith, born january 15, 1932 in breckenridge, texas, usa. Stuntman, olympic sprinter dean smith tells his story. Dean smith born 25 january 1990 is an actor and comedian from leeds, england. Dean smith has 52 books on goodreads with 2549 ratings. From olympic gold to the silver screen, and it was a great read, with lots of stories from his days making movies with john wayne.
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