What was Roy Rogers' childhood like?

Answer 1

Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 - July 6, 1998), AKA 'King of the Cowboys'was a very popular American.

Singer, cowboy actor, and the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants chain, he has three different stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

His childhood was, to say the least, rough. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his family had a place in a tenement on 2nd Street. Riverfront Stadium was subsequently built in 1970 on that spot, and 'Roy' would joke that he'd been 'born on second base'.

Leonard never did graduate high school, even after taking night school while working with his father at a shoe factory. Having been rocked by the economic hardships of the Great Depression, he and his family virtually became refugees, picking fruit and living in worker campsites.

When his father sought work at another shoe factory in Los Angeles, Leonard told his dad that he wanted to pursue a career in the music business. By 1932, he was touring with his cousin Stanley Slye, billed as "The Slye Brothers".

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