Big Tex Goes Up In Flames

[Just interested]

He was 60 years old this year! Very sad!

[tinydancer]

I'm so sad. I can remember seeing him for the first time when I was about 4.

[ComradesTrue]

^^ Yes, me too. Such an iconic part of the fair, and always what everyone looked forward to seeing. Sad that there won't be anymore "How-dy Folks" for the rest of the fair run this year.

I'm curious as to how he returns next year- same ol' Big Tex, a 21st century version, or something else? Some fun suggestions on t_witter have him reincarnated as Nolan Ryan (yes!!), Troy Aikman, or Roger Staubach.

For those DFW area Ticket listeners, is it pathetic that Gordo is the first person that I thought of when I heard the news?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by Just interested

He was 60 years old this year! Very sad!

Oh no! Me, too!