Stan Paregien, Editor
James Charles Lynch
(Deceased)
James Charles Lynch was born in Peoria, Ill., on Aug. 31, 1901. He moved to California and worked with a survey crew, as a draftsman, architect and construction engineer. Then, with a yen to write, he teamed with Harry F. Olmsted to write stories for the pulp magazines. They turned out 80,000 words a month until the team dissolved in 1940.Jim Lynch went to work for North American Aviation during World War II, but he continued to write for Dime Western, Star and other pulps. Eventually he expanded to the slicks, Saturday Evening Post, Liberty, Colliers, Esquire, Farm Journal, Adventure, Argosy, Blue Book and Woman's Day. He and Tod Ballard collaborated on a successful western book, and the two of them were primarily responsible for urging Tommy Thompson to write Westerns. His last completed book was an illustrated book on the Bible.
James Charles Lynch died of a heart attack in a Pasadena, Calif. heart attack in June or July of 1955. He was writing a serious work on the history of animation and was on assignment at the Walt Disney Studio at the time.(See his photo & bio in the May, 1955 issue of The Roundup, and his obituary in the July issue.)
Stan Lynde
Stan Lynde, both a writer and a cartoonist, is best known for his "Rick O'Shay" comic strip which was nationally syndicated from 1958 to 1977. He then created another comic strip, "Latigo," that had a daily readership of 20 million people nation-wide. He published eleven books related to his various comic strips. And he is the author of a novel, The Bodacious Kid.Stan Lynde was a co-founder and director of the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive back in 1989.
Pierce Lyden
(Deceased)
Pierce Lyden, cowboy actor, was born on Jan. 8, 1908 in Hildreth, Neb.Pierce Lyden's father was a horse buyer for the U.S. Army. So young Pierce learned to ride horses at an early age, and he learned to ride bareback because his parents could not afford saddles.
Lyden attended the University of Nebraska. Then he studied at Emerson College of Oratory.
He made his first movie in 1940 and his last in 1962. During that 22 years of film acting, he appeared in 99 movies, most of them Westerns.
Pierce Lyden received the "Golden Boot" award in 1992. The city of Orange, California declared a " Pierce Lyden Day" in his honor. He also recieved a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame. And his home state of Nebraska gave him the prestigious "Buffalo Bill Award" in 1997.
Pierce Lyden died of cancer on Oct. 10, 1998 in Orange, CA. He is buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park (Lawn AY, Lot 6, Space 1) in Santa Ana, CA.
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Suzanne Lyon
Suzanne Lyon was raised in the Midwest and moved to Colorado at seventeen to attend The Colorado College. She worked as a lawyer for, among others, the National Park Service before turning her talents to writing. Lured by the landscapes and legends of the West, Lyon's interest is in Western historical fiction. She resides near Denver with her husband and two children.
Suzanne Lyon's credits include: Bandit Invincible: Butch Cassidy (Five Star, 1999) and Lady Buckaroo (Five Star, 2000).
This listing is far from complete and may contain errors.
Therefore, all Western entertainers and/or their agents
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We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
--- Bible: Romans 8:28
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