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- Died
- Birth nameJames Wesley Hudman
- Wes Hudman was born on October 10, 1915 in Bronte, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Gene Autry Show (1950), Jungle Jim (1955) and Death Valley Days (1952). He was married to Jade Rhodora. He died on February 29, 1964 in Williams, Arizona, USA.
- SpouseJade Rhodora(? - February 29, 1964) (his death, 2 children)
- Left acting in 1962 and moved near Drake, Arizona, with his wife, son and daughter. He soon began running rock quarries in the area. He was shot in the neck by Vernon Oliver Martin, who claimed that Hudman and a co-worker were building an access road to a copper mine that Martin owned. It was soon found that there were no copper mines in the area.
- He married Jade Rhodora, who was an Illinois-born international exotic dancer in the 1930's and 1940's, performing in North America, Central and South America.
- According to an article about his murder on page 15 of the April 10, 1964, issue of the Southern Illinoisan from Carbondale, Illinois, Hudman was the Marlboro Man in TV advertisements for Marlboro cigarettes.
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