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    • Feb 26, 1997
    Gene Autry's "Back In The Saddle Again" is added to the Grammy Hall of Fame along with "The Genius Of Ray Charles," The Beatles' "Yesterday" and Louis Armstrong's "Mack The Knife," among other recordings
    Mar 18, 1997
    Rhino issues the three-CD box set "Sing, Cowboy, Sing! The Gene Autry Collection"
    Sep 29, 1997
    Gene Autry's 90th birthday gets a star-studded party at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles. In attendance: Dick Clark, Willie Nelson, Eddy Arnold, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Dale Evans, Dwight Yoakam and Rosemary Clooney, among others
    Mar 27, 1998
    Gene Autry, who sold the California Angels baseball team to Disney, is honored with a bronze statue as Anaheim Stadium is reopened after a major facelift
    Aug 22, 1998
    The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame opens in Carthage, Texas. The inaugural six members: Gene Autry, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter, and songwriters Cindy Walker and Joe Allison
    Oct 2, 1998
    Actor, singer and entrepreneur Gene Autry dies of cancer at his home in Studio City, California. The singing cowboy had five stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, owned the California Angels and became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Nov 14, 1998
    Gene Autry is enshrined in the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Also added: "I'll Fly Away" songwriter Albert Brumley, pop singer David Gates and jazz pianist Jay McShann
    Sep 29, 1999
    The city of Los Angeles renames the junction of the Ventura and Golden State freeways as the Gene Autry Interchange
    Jul 24, 2000
    NPR honors Gene Autry's "Back In The Saddle Again" among the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century
    Oct 28, 2000
    Gene Autry and Ernest Tubb are installed in the Texas Trail of Fame in Fort Worth
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