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Nov 22, 1898Aviator Wiley Post is born in Grand Saline, Texas. A record-setting pilot, he's named in Tex Ritter's 1961 recitation, "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven," along with comedian Will Rogers, who perishes with Post in a plane crashAug 15, 1935Comedian Will Rogers and renowned pilot Wiley Post die in a plane crash outside of Point Barrow, Alaska. Their souls live on in Tex Ritter's 1961 recitation "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven"Feb 3, 1961Tex Ritter records "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven," namechecking late comedian Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post. Also referenced: Roy Acuff, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers and Eddie Dean, among others
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