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AKA Bucking Horse Man He died Tuesday at the age of 93 at his daughter's home in Eagle Rock. Services were held at the Little Church of the Flowers at the Forrest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Mullens will be buried in Granbury, Texas the town where he was born, a family spokesman said. His saddle and spurs were being sent to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. He was one of only four persons ever installed in the hall while still living. Mullens, who appeared with the Tom Mix and 101 Ranch Wild West Shows, had not been ill, according to his daughter, Colleen Mullens Bell. "He had climbed up a fire ladder to the roof after it had stopped raining (presumably) to enjoy the view." she said. "He liked to do that." (Ponca City News- No Date) Bucking Horse Cowboy Dead (Los Angeles) Funeral services were held Saturday for Johnnie Mullens, the 'bucking horse man" of America rodeo, who was still riding and branding cattle as an active ranch hand until he was 85. He died Tuesday at the age of 93 at his daughter's home in Eagle Rock. Services were held at the Little Church of the Flowers at the Forrest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Mullens will be buried in Granbury, Texas the town where he was born, a family spokesman said. His saddle and spurs were being sent to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. He was one of only four persons ever installed in the hall while still living. Mullens counted among his friends Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers, Western artist Charles Russell and author Will James. Born in 1884, Mullens learned to ride as a boy growing up in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. (Ponca City News-No Date @1977) |
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