Mickey Dee Bagnell was born to Scotty and Mabel Bagnell on October 17, 1947 in Spokane WA. He passed away from dementia on August 14, 2018. Scotty was a rodeo cowboy and bullfighter so the family traveled the country year round follow- ing rodeos. They settled in Spokane when Mickey started school. Mickey started out riding in junior rodeos. He also started boxing during high school and was the Spokane YMCA champion at 119 lbs. In 1964 he fought at the Las Vegas National AAU Boxing Championships but lost his 1st match. He enlisted in the US Army after graduation in 1966 and spent a year in Vietnam as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service.

Mickey competed in rodeos in the south after Vietnam while still in the Army. His first rodeo after coming home was at Colville. He rode a bull and also tried his hand at bullfighting. He was hired to fight bulls the very next week at Republic WA. Following in his dad's footsteps, his rodeo career spanned the next 21 years competing and performing in amateur, intercollegiate, Indian, and PRCA rodeos throughout the Northwest and Canada. He contracted to fight bulls and perform as a rodeo clown. He used both a funny car and several different animals in his act. As his rodeo career wound down, he rode and exercised race horses at tracks in CA, AZ, WA, MT and Canada.

Mickey was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Terry Bagnell, and numerous uncles, aunts, and cousins.

He is survived by his longtime companion Nikki Mackey, sons Brandon, Jesse (Liz) , and Dustin (Hilary) Bagnell, grandsons Blake, Dillon, Keenan, and Oliver Bagnell; sisters Meme (Dale) and Diana (Art), aunts Thelma Ostby and Marlene, Babs, and Jo Bagnell, and nieces, nephews, and cousins.

There will be a graveside service on September 22nd at 11:00 am at the Chattaroy Cemetery, followed by a Military Celebration Service and potluck meal at the Deer Park VFW at 1:00 pm on the same day.

Published in Spokesman-Review on Sept. 2, 2018