SINGING FANS PAY TEARFUL TRIBUTE TO EVANS.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer NEWHALL - A small gathering of Dale Evans' fans sang a tribute Friday to the ``Queen of the West,'' some with tears in their eyes for their childhood heroine who died Wednesday. Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Mayor Laurene Weste and Councilwoman Jo Anne Darcy were joined by a few business people in Old Town Newhall in a chorus of ``Happy Trails to You.'' They also placed flowers into the plaque of a bronze saddle embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in the sidewalk in 1984 when Evans and husband Roy Rogers
Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. were inducted into the Newhall Walk of Western Stars. ``She was just a wonderful, sweet lady, absolutely from stem to stern,'' said Darcy, founder of the walk that has paid tribute over the years to western entertainers. Evans was an ``icon and a heroine,'' Weste said. Evans, who died at her Apple Valley home, was in town a year ago when she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival. She had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and was frail, but managed to join in the chorus of her trademark song, a memory that brought more tears More Tears was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 1998. The series was a short run dramedy, produced and written by Ken Finkleman following the success of his 1996 series The Newsroom, and was in part a remake of Federico Fellini's on Friday. This year, Darcy will receive the achievement award, city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz said. ``It's a tremendous honor,'' Darcy said. ``To receive the award we gave Dale last year, I don't have the words.'' Evans, she said, was special. A movie star, she also wrote books, composed songs and made children's records. ``She just loved life and enjoyed helping others,'' Darcy said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC edition only) Flowers along San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the adorn the Newhall Walk of Western Stars plaque dedicated to Dale Evans, who died Wednesday. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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