Jimmy Dean Net Worth is
$11 Million

Mini Biography

Jimmy Dean, the musician, actor and entrepreneur, was instrumental in the mainstreaming of nation music, a genre that now rates as the utmost popular in america but which, back the 1960s, was accorded small respect in the media. Jimmy Dean acquired a #1 strike in america and England along with his melody “Big Poor John,” which set up his popularity, a popularity that continues even today because of his lengthy stint being a spokesman for “Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage,” an organization he founded and marketed to Consolidated Foods in 1984. He continuing on as the pitchman for the eponymous brand for twenty years. Jimmy Dean, a faraway cousin from the actor Adam Dean, was created Jimmy Ray Dean on August 10, 1928 in Plainview, Tx. He had taken to the life span of a specialist singer after portion in the U.S. Surroundings Force through the later 1940s. Dean started building his popularity being a musician touring along with his music group, The Tx Wildcats, which highlighted Roy Clark as business lead guitarist. In 1953, he have scored his first strike, “Bummin’ Around.” Dean landed a gig seeing that the host of the TV plan in the Washington D.C. marketplace, “City and Country Period.” (The Region of Columbia provides in lots of ways been a Southern city.) Dean was a popularizer of increasing country serves, and such best country performers as Clark and Patsy Cline got their begins with Dean. (He ultimately terminated Clark but afterwards promoted his profession.) Dean eventually moved to NY after putting your signature on with Columbia Information, where he hosted a Television variety present for the CBS network. In 1961, his melody “Big Poor John” visited No. 1 over the Billboard graphs and gained him the 1962 Grammy Prize for Best Nation & Western Documenting. Many of his following music charted in the very best 40, and he have scored a high 10 strike in 1962 using a melody commemorating Leader John F. Kennedy’s plywood torpedo sail boat, “PT 109.” Due to his affability and his burgeoning reputation, he sometimes was booked to guest-host “The Tonight Display.” ABC provided him an assortment present in the middle-1960s, and Dean utilized it being a forum to provide nation music on his conditions, being a mainstream entertainment. His present offered the initial major TV contact with several country performers, including George Jones, Charlie Wealthy, and Buck Owens. His display also launched the 1st Muppet, Jim Henson’s Rowlf your dog. Apart from a featured component like a Howard Hughes-like billionaire in the Wayne Bond movie Gemstones Are Forever (1971) (Dean said he was offered the part based on his having had a #1 strike with “Big John” in Britain, which surprised him since it had been ten years before), Dean offers mainly stuck to his music and the business enterprise he founded in 1969, “Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage.” IT commercials featuring the likable Dean had been the best marketing the brand new brand could experienced, and it became #1 in its item category. In nov 2004, Jimmy Dean released his autobiography, “30 Years of Sausage, 50 Many years of Ham.” He’s semi-retired right now, and lives along with his second wife, the previous vocalist Donna Meade Dean.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Jimmy Dean
Net Worth	$50 million, $50 million
Date Of Birth	August 10, 1928, August 10, 1928
Died	June 13, 2010, Varina, Virginia, United States, June 13, 2010, Varina, Virginia, United States
Height	1.91 m, 1.91 m
Profession	Race car driver, Actor, Entrepreneur, Presenter, Actor, Singer, Businessperson, Big Bad John, IOU, The Cajun Queen
Nationality	American, American
Spouse	Donna Meade (m. 1991–2010), Mary Sue Wittauer (m. 1950–1990), Big Bad John, P.T. 109, IOU, Donna Meade, Mary Sue Wittauer, Big Bad John, IOU, The Cajun Queen
Children	Garry Dean, Robert Dean, Connie Dean, Big Bad John, P.T. 109, IOU, Garry Dean, Robert Dean, Connie Dean, Big Bad John, IOU, The Cajun Queen
Parents	Winton Dean, Mildred Wilson, Winton Dean, Mildred Wilson
Siblings	Don Dean, Billy Dean, Big Bad John, P.T. 109, IOU, Don Dean, Billy Dean, Big Bad John, IOU, The Cajun Queen
Awards	Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites, Golden Globe Special Achievement Award, Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites, Golden Globe Special Achievement Award
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Movies	Big Bad John, The City, Diamonds Are Forever, The Ballad of Andy Crocker, A Tribute to Chet Atkins, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Big Bad John, The City, Diamonds Are Forever, The Ballad of Andy Crocker, A Tribute to Chet Atkins, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
TV Shows	J.J. Starbuck, Daniel Boone, The Jimmy Dean Show, J.J. Starbuck, Daniel Boone, The Jimmy Dean Show