Gene Autry [SEP] cause of death
their first (and to date, only) World Series championship in 2002, star outfielder Tim Salmon held Autry's cowboy hat aloft during the on-field celebration, and the public address system played his hit song, Back in the Saddle Again.
Life and career Death.
Gene Autry died of lymphoma on October 2, 1998, three days after his 91st birthday at his home in Studio City, California. He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. His epitaph read, "
- 1932 in country music, "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" with Gene Autry and Jimmy Long top country record.
- 1933 in country music, Death of Jimmie Rodgers. "Yellow Rose Of Texas" with Gene Autry and Jimmy Long top country record.
- 1934 in country music, "The Last Roundup" recorded by Gene Autry top country record.
- 1935 in country music, First recordings of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" with Gene Autry top country record.