Children:
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman, Jr.
Dorothy Whitman Kee - See below
Gloria Whitman Elliott - See below
Mother of legendary American Country Music Singer, "Slim" Whitman. Born Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr., he recorded and sang legendary songs including notably "Indian Love Call" (1952), "Secret Love" (1953) and "Rose Marie" (1955), which also climbed the British music charts. His song "Indian Love Call" was used by film director Tim Burton for the grotesque fantasy film "Mars Attacks!" (1996). In the film the song plays a key role as the only weapon able to defeat the alien invaders. In a career that spanned nearly sixty years, he sold over one hundred million records worldwide. He died of heart failure at the age of ninety. (Slim and his wife are buried in Black Creek Methodist Church Cem., in Middleburg, Clay Co, FL.
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman, Jr.
Dorothy Whitman Kee - See below
Gloria Whitman Elliott - See below
Mother of legendary American Country Music Singer, "Slim" Whitman. Born Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr., he recorded and sang legendary songs including notably "Indian Love Call" (1952), "Secret Love" (1953) and "Rose Marie" (1955), which also climbed the British music charts. His song "Indian Love Call" was used by film director Tim Burton for the grotesque fantasy film "Mars Attacks!" (1996). In the film the song plays a key role as the only weapon able to defeat the alien invaders. In a career that spanned nearly sixty years, he sold over one hundred million records worldwide. He died of heart failure at the age of ninety. (Slim and his wife are buried in Black Creek Methodist Church Cem., in Middleburg, Clay Co, FL.
Children:
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman, Jr.
Dorothy Whitman Kee - See below
Gloria Whitman Elliott - See below
Mother of legendary American Country Music Singer, "Slim" Whitman. Born Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr., he recorded and sang legendary songs including notably "Indian Love Call" (1952), "Secret Love" (1953) and "Rose Marie" (1955), which also climbed the British music charts. His song "Indian Love Call" was used by film director Tim Burton for the grotesque fantasy film "Mars Attacks!" (1996). In the film the song plays a key role as the only weapon able to defeat the alien invaders. In a career that spanned nearly sixty years, he sold over one hundred million records worldwide. He died of heart failure at the age of ninety. (Slim and his wife are buried in Black Creek Methodist Church Cem., in Middleburg, Clay Co, FL.
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman, Jr.
Dorothy Whitman Kee - See below
Gloria Whitman Elliott - See below
Mother of legendary American Country Music Singer, "Slim" Whitman. Born Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr., he recorded and sang legendary songs including notably "Indian Love Call" (1952), "Secret Love" (1953) and "Rose Marie" (1955), which also climbed the British music charts. His song "Indian Love Call" was used by film director Tim Burton for the grotesque fantasy film "Mars Attacks!" (1996). In the film the song plays a key role as the only weapon able to defeat the alien invaders. In a career that spanned nearly sixty years, he sold over one hundred million records worldwide. He died of heart failure at the age of ninety. (Slim and his wife are buried in Black Creek Methodist Church Cem., in Middleburg, Clay Co, FL.
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