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- Don Edwards was born on March 20, 1939 in Boonton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Horse Whisperer (1998), Sergeant Dead Head (1965) and Mannix (1967). He died on October 23, 2022.
- My Hero, Gene Autry: A Tribute (1998) was recorded at a live appearance honoring Autry on his 90th birthday, and two years later Edwards resurfaced with Prairie Portrait, a project recorded with cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Kin to the Wind, a tribute to Marty Robbins, was issued in early 2001.
- Singer/songwriter Don Edwards has dedicated his musical career to recapturing and preserving the spirit of the Old West by recording old and new cowboy songs.
- Edwards gained exposure from his major-label association and became a fixture at clubs and events with any kind of Western theme throughout Texas and the Southwest.
- Edwards made his professional debut in 1961 after he was hired as a singer, actor, and stuntman at the newly opened amusement park Six Flags Over Texas. He worked there for five years before moving to Nashville to seek a recording contract.
- Edwards played the character Smokey in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer.
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