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At the time of his death, the star of the 30s, Will Rogers, was the best paid actor in Hollywood, but all he really wanted was to be a cowboy, according to his great -grandchildren, Jennifer Rogers -cheverry.
“I think that the Hollywood scene paid the invoices, “Rogers –cheverry, who lives in the Oklahoma native of his great -grandfather, where he is known as” Oklahoma's favorite son, “he told Fox News Digital.
“And he was hired with Fox to make several films, who could not finish his contract, but he would generate them to travel, go directly to the ranch, go play pole, do something.”
Rogers owned a ranch of 186 acres in the Pacific Palisades, California, who caught fire in January in Los Angeles fires.
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At the time of his death, the star of the 30s, Will Rogers, was the best paid actor in Hollywood, but all he really wanted was to be a cowboy, according to his great -grandchildren, Jennifer Rogers -cheverry. (American Stock/Getty Images)
“I don't think his passion was to be a movie star,” Rogers said. “His passion was out with people.”
Rogers was the best paid actor who had made more than 70 films when he died in a plane crash in 1935 at age 55. But he was also the author and columnist of newspapers with more than 40 million readers per day, and wrote six books.
“I don't know when man slept,” Rogers-Echetchverry joked. “But he alone, wanted to see everything. He wanted to go, and make the movies pay the invoices.”
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Despite being friendly with celebrities such as Clark Gable and Walt Disney and Hobnobbing with Presidents and Kings and Queens, Rogers –cheverry says he was a “common man.”
“And he never forgot where he came in Oklahoma,” he said. “He never forgot to be a cowboy. That's all he always wanted to be was a cowboy. And I think he simply attached to his roots. And going from being a cowboy in a ranch in Oologoh, Oklahoma, to the box office star No. 1 … in Hollywood and alone, he never received that attitude or that arrogance.”
“He never forgot where he came in Oklahoma. He never forgot to be a cowboy.”
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Will Rogers was close to the Aviator Charles Lindbergh. (Getty)
She said her grandfather always told her that when Rogers returned to her ranch, “he was Dad, it wasn't Will Rogers. And he simply closed it and was a father. He was a good and good boy.”
Rogers started in the trick entertainment business in a Wild West show in Texas, and was then hired for the Locos Ziegfeld in New York.
“As he said, he entertained the audience when he made tricks while the girls changed anything to anything, and told him not to say a word, “he said.
Wil Rogers with his wife and children in 1934. (American Stock/Getty Images)
She once said, when she ruined a trick that joked: “'Hello guys, sorry, they crossed all my feet but one', and the public laughed, and immediately fed that laugh.”
Rogers –cheverry said it was “at that time where he knew he could entertain people.”
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Shortly after, he got a speech role, citing what he had read in the newspapers, mocking the president of the United States and more until the celebrities began to reach their program, which always sold out, he said.
“And he only led from there,” Rogers said. ” “And then he was finally hired in the cinema and moved to California.”
Will Rogers with Franklin Roosevelt in a democratic manifestation in 1932 before Roosevelt became president. (Getty)
In addition to starring dozens of mute films and talkies, such as “A Connecticut Yankee” with Maureen O'Sullivan and “Steamboat Round the Bles”, Rogers was also an avid flying enthusiast who was a friend of the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Will Rogers with Myrna Loy in “A Connecticut Yankee”. (Silver screen collection/Getty images)
After infamous kidnapping and murder of Lindbergh Baby, Rogers invited the aviator Family to stay in their California ranch so they can have some privacy.
“Because, of course, the press was everywhere,” Rogers explained. “Then, he welcomed them and kept them there. And they stayed there. And I don't know how much time they stayed there, but they spent a long time there when all that was happening.”
Will Rogers organized the Academy Awards in 1934. (New York Times Co./getty images)
Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska while examining mail routes with Oklahoma Wiley Post in August 1935, and “closed not only the United States, closed the world,” said Rogers-Echetcheverry.
“At the time of his death, he was not only the most famous person in the United States, he was really the most famous man in the world. Everyone knew who he was, and he had visited all countries. He was the unofficial humanitarian of the United States.”
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“Oklahoma's favorite son,” he always wanted to be a cowboy, Rogers's great -granddaughter said. (Hulton Archive/Getty images)
When he got involved in the family business, keeping Rogers's memory alive, Rogers –cheverry said the elderly told him that they remembered being children when Rogers died.
“And they told me: 'That is the only time I have seen my dad or my mother cry.' They were devastated.
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While he was an “common man,” Rogers frequently entertained celebrities in his California ranch.
Will Rogers plays with a loop while writing notes in 1920. (Hulton Archive/Getty images)
The widow of Rogers, Betty, donated her ranch and land to the state in 1944, and became Will Rogers State Historic Park, which still attracts celebrities until today, Rogers -cheverry said.
She said she assumed the role of Rogers family representative years ago.
Will Rogers and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson making dance steps together in a 1935 movie “In Old Kentucky”. (Fox/Getty Images)
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“I want to keep his legacy alive. I have two children and two grandchildren, and if it weren't for me, they would have no idea who Rogers is,” he said.
“You know, in Oklahoma it is a little easier. He is Oklahoma's favorite son, and there is nothing here to call after him. But you leave the state, he is a bit more challenging.”
