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Friends have also collaborated to produce an annual rodeo, art show, and concert in Casper, Wyoming to honor LeDoux's memory. The art show features sculpture and sketches that LeDoux completed for friends; none of his works were ever officially exhibited before his death. However, LeDoux did have two
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In 1970, LeDoux became a professional rodeo cowboy on the national circuit. To help pay his expenses while traveling the country, he began composing songs describing his lifestyle. Within two years, he had written enough songs to make up an album, and soon established a recording company, American
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Artist and sculptor D. Michael Thomas created a one-and-a-half times life-size sculpture of Chris LeDoux during his 1976 World
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The city in which LeDoux attended college, Casper, Wyoming, celebrates LeDoux each
November with the Chris LeDoux Memorial Rodeo, a weekend event that includes an art show featuring a number of LeDoux's works, a PRCA rodeo, and a country music concert.
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volunteered to donate part of his liver, but it was incompatible. An alternative donor was located, and LeDoux received a transplant on
October 7, 2000. After his recovery, he released two additional albums. In November 2004, LeDoux was diagnosed with
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champion. During his career, LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many self-released), which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of
January 2007. He was awarded two gold and one platinum album certifications from the
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Keesler Air Force Base at the time of his birth. The family moved often when he was a child, due to his father's Air Force career. He learned to ride horses while visiting his grandparents on their
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Country Vocal Collaboration. LeDoux and Brooks also received nominations from the
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1816:Tougher Than the Rest
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