Jimmy Dean was born on August 10, 1928, in Olton and grew up in a poor family in Panhandle, Texas, during the peak of the Great Depression. According to his Biography.com page, the family was in such ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, “Big Bad John,” and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died tonight. He was 81. His wife, Donna ...