Jimmy Dean
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Emerging from a modest Texas upbringing, Dean learned piano from his mother at ten, left high school after a stint in the U.S. Air Force and entered show business in the late 1940s. He broke into national television in 1957, first hosting local radio and TV programs before CBS picked up his own show, and later anchored a prime-time variety series that introduced Jim Henson’s Rowlf the Dog to a wid…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
