Johnny Horton Net Worth is
$11 Million

Mini Biography

Johnny Horton was created in LA, but young he moved along with his sharecropping parents to Tyler, Tx, where he was raised. Fishing was an early on interest in lifestyle and he journeyed to Alaska to get employment within this capability, but after time for Tx he used singing. His performing career started in 1950 in Pasadena, California, on radio place KXLA. He afterwards became a normal on “Hometown Jamboree” with Cliffie Rock, which he was billed as “The Performing Fisherman”. In 1951 he produced his first documenting. In 1953 he married the widow of Hank Williams, and she took a pastime in furthering his career. He became a normal on the air present “Louisiana Hayride” in 1955 and immediately after came out on “Grand Ole Opry”. His initial strike, “Honky Tonk Guy”, arrived in 1956 and was quickly accompanied by “IF IT IS Springtime in Alaska”, “The Fight of New Orleans”, “Johnny Reb” and “Kitchen sink the Bismarck”. In 1960 he documented “North to Alaska” for the film from the same name (North to Alaska (1960)) starring John Wayne and Stewart Granger. At this time in his profession he made a decision to add performing to his achievements and prepared on starting a movie profession, but this is not to become. On the foggy night time in November of 1960, he was coming back from a concert along with his supervisor, Tillman B. Franks, and his bass participant, Tommy Tomlinson, when tragedy struck. An automobile driven with a drunk drivers came out from the fog and collided with Johnny’s car at once. Horton was wiped out instantly.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Johnny Horton
Died	November 5, 1960, Milano, Texas, United States
Profession	Singer, Composer
Education	Seattle University
Nationality	American
Spouse	Billie Jean Horton, Donna Cook
Parents	John Loly Horton, Ella Claudia Robinson
Awards	Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording