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
Family celebrates Big Tex legacy
"Little did I know in 1952 when I created the Big Tex statue, that he would still be standing at the State Fair today ... we originally planned to put him up for one year," Koch read. "As a result, Big Tex has come back every year." For 60 years, Big ...www.wfaa.com
Big Tex shrine has it all, from corny dogs to Jesus
When R.J. Haayden was born in September, his parents planned to use Big Tex to track his growth. The idea was this: Take their child to the State Fair of Texas every year and snap his picture in front of the 52-foot-tall cowboy.idmn.dallasnews.com
PHOTOS: 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.kens5.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, State Fair Greeter, Goes up in Flames
Oct. 20--Big Tex, the larger-than-life icon that has greeted visitors to the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, was consumed in a Friday morning fire.www.firehouse.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
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
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
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
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
State Fair's Big Tex, deemed 'too young to retire,' destroyed by fire
Early visitors to the State Fair of Texas Friday were greeted by the traditional, booming "How-dee, folks" of the iconic 52-foot statue sporting his red, white and blue western shirt and 75-gallon cowboy hat.www.examiner.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
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
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
Pop culture icons can elicit deep responses their from faithful followers, and when the Texas State Fair's iconic giant cowboy burned to the ground Friday, it became clear that the big guy was more than just a fiberglass and metal structure. After his ...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
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
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