A slightly fanciful, although sincere, ode to Big Tex and the Miracle of the ...
And, no, I don't mean the cloth, plastic and steel representation of Big Tex that was destroyed by fire Friday at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, although I've certainly seen that one, too, across 30 years of covering football games and eating ...blog.chron.com
Big Tex, State Fair Greeter, Goes up in Flames
Fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding said she had just driven up to Fair Park when she heard someone casually say, 'Oh, Big Tex is smoking' and looked up to see a ring of smoke coming up from his collar. Within about 12 minutes, the 52-foot-tall colossal ...www.firehouse.com
'Big Tex' burns at State Fair of Texas
The State Fair of Texas was celebrating Big Tex's 60th birthday. Emergency scanner chatter lit up around 10:30 a.m. with reports of a "rather tall cowboy with all his clothes burned off.www.king5.com
Big Tex burns, destroyed by fire at TX State Fair
Big Tex, who welcomes visitors to the Texas State Fair, has been destroyed by a fire. Nothing but a wire shell and hands remain.abclocal.go.com
Big Tex, 52-foot-tall State Fair of Texas cowboy, goes up in flames
Two scorched arms and a metal frame are all that remains of Big Tex, a 52-foot-tall cowboy statue that welcomed visitors to the State Fair of Texas, after the local icon burned like a towering torch Friday.www.latimes.com
Big Tex lives on despite inferno
The fiery demise of Big Tex has brought out the stand-up comedian in many of us. Twitter and other social media outlets are aflutter with clever, and not-so- clever, one-liners about the 52-foot, talking, waving mechanical cowboy that greeted millions ...www.chron.com
State Fair Icon 'Big Tex' Burns
DALLAS—Big Tex, a 52-foot-tall cowboy who greeted visitors to the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, went up in flames Friday, leaving throngs of distraught Texans across the state.online.wsj.com
Dallas Mourns Big Tex on Social Media
For 60 years, Big Tex has towered over the annual State Fair of Texas, wearing his signature cowboy shirt and always a 75-gallon hat.thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
Crazy Fair: First Big Tex goes up in flames, then riders stuck on 'Stratosphere'
Crazy Fair: First Big Tex goes up in flames, then riders stuck on 'Stratosphere'. 102012 Big Tex is a flamer OK, by now you're hear all about the flaming demise of Big Tex, the towering icon of the State Fair of Texas. But the flame-out of Big Tex was ...blogs.star-telegram.com
Big Tex, the Texas State Fair icon, destroyed by fire
The burned remains of Big Tex stand at the State Fair of Texas on Oct. 19 in Dallas. Fire destroyed Big Tex on Friday, leaving behind little more than the metal frame of the 52-foot-tall metal-and-fabric cowboy that was an icon of the State Fair of ...www.usatoday.com
Electrical fire destroys Big Tex, State Fair's folksy icon since 1952
Hundreds gathered in Big Tex Circle to watch the big guy go up in flames. Many stood in tears. Others snapped pictures with their smartphones, spreading the news online as quickly as the fire spread up Big Tex. They reminisced about the good-lookin ...www.dallasnews.com
State Fair of Texas icon Big Tex burns up in fire; metal frame mostly all that ...
DALLAS - The man who provides the voice for Big Tex, the giant cowboy at the State Fair of Texas, was greeting people with his usual "Howdy, folks!www.foxnews.com
News: Iran, Ohio, Big Tex, Chris Kluwe
Anastasia, if Big Tex had been Rick Perry he would have electrocuted an innocent man with an IQ of 60 when he shorted out and burned down!www.towleroad.com
WATCH: Metal State Fair of Texas statue 'Big Tex' destroyed by fire Friday
Some material that made up Big Tex's hands and sleeves could still be seen as firefighters gathered around the scorched area.www.nydailynews.com
The Stories: Why 'Big Tex' Matters
But Big Tex was an institution, an icon of the State Fair of Texas, as big and bold as the great state itself. NPR's John Burnett, a Dallas native, remembered him on All Things Considered today.www.npr.org
Mourning Big Tex and the religion of being a Texan
Big Tex was the totem of state fair-goers, tied to memories of visiting the Dallas attraction as a child, a college student or ritually year after year.blog.chron.com
Fire Fells a Really Big Cowboy in Dallas
HOUSTON - In a big state proud of its big things, few were bigger than Big Tex, symbolically as well as physically. The 52-foot-tall mechanical cowboy towered over the State Fair of Texas in Dallas in bluejeans, size-70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, the ...www.nytimes.com
Fire destroys State Fair of Texas icon Big Tex
By DANNY ROBBINS, Associated Press - 1 day ago. DALLAS (AP) - The man who provides the voice for Big Tex, the giant cowboy at the State Fair of Texas, was greeting people with his usual "Howdy, folks!www.google.com
Iconic statue Big Tex goes up in flames
By the time the fire was put out, Big Tex was almost completely burned, leaving behind little more than the metal frame of the 52-foot-tall cowboy that's an icon of the State Fair of Texas.www.cbsnews.com
Oklahoma football: Who burned Big Tex?
Big Tex himself. Perhaps this was a self-inflicted wound. I came up with a new nickname for Bob Stoops after the game. Big Tex Bob, a takeoff of other monikers, like Big Game Bob and Big 12 Bob. Maybe Big Tex decided if he couldn't have the name to ...blog.newsok.com
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