Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns like "High Noon" who also recorded the pop novelty song "The Purple People Eater," died yesterday (Sept. 16) in Nashville. He was 82. Wooley had suffered from… ...

NASHVILLE, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Actor, singer, musician, comedian Sheb Wooley whoose career spanned 7 decades in Hollywood and Nashville died Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., of leukemia. He was 82. His last ...

If you were alive at any point in the 20th century and love some good ol’ campy comedic rock and roll music, you’ve definitely heard “The Purple People Eater” from 1958. And, surprisingly enough, the ...

Sheb Wooley, who has died from leukaemia aged 82, was an actor, songwriter and singer who appeared in numerous western films and television series, including High Noon and Rawhide. But his biggest ...

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Performer Sheb Wooley died Tuesday in Nashville, according to a publicist’s statement. He had leukemia. Wooley was 82. Known to TV and film viewers as an original cast member of “Hee Haw” and ...

Sheb Wooley, American country singer and a character actor in Hollywood Westerns, died in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday at the age of 82, his wife said. Wooley was diagnosed with leukaemia back in ...

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Sheb Wooley, who menaced Gary Cooper in “High Noon,” played the trail scout on TV’s “Rawhide” and scored one of the biggest novelty recording hits of the 1950s with “The Purple People Eater,” has died ...

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Actor, singer known for No. 1 pop ditty ‘ Purple People Eater ‘ ; 82 Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in Westerns such as ” High Noon ” who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty ” Purple People Eater, ” has ...