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NASHVILLE (AP) — Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns like "High Noon" who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty "Purple People Eater," has died, his wife said. He was 82. Wooley suffered from ...

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 ...

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns like ?High Noon? who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty ?Purple People Eater,? has died, his wife said. He was 82.Wooley ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in movies from "High Noon" to "Hoosiers" who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty "Purple People Eater" in 1958, died Tuesday. He was 82. Wooley, who was ...

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy ...

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 ...

This week in 1963: 100,000 Japanese protested the visit of U.S. nuclear subs; Alabama Gov. George Wallace called state troopers to Tuskegee High School to prevent integration; public schools began ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns like "High Noon" who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty "Purple People Eater," has died, his wife said. He was 82. Wooley suffered from ...