Texas native Jimmy Dean dies at 81...

**Kraker Jak** · 06-14-10, 01:25 AM

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Richmond, Va. - Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, has died. He was 81.
His wife, Donna Meade Dean, says her husband died at 7:54 p.m. Sunday at their Henrico County, Va., home, south of Richmond.
She tells The Associated Press that he had some health problems but was still functioning well, so his death came as a shock.
Born in 1928, Dean was raised in poverty in Plainview, Texas, and dropped out of high school after the ninth grade. But he went on to a successful entertainment career in the '50s and '60s.
In 1969, Dean went into the sausage business, starting the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. He sold the company to Sara Lee Corp. in 1984.

Damn...RIP Jimmy...

Im ganna have to go buy a pound tmr morning and whip up some gravy...and blast some big bad jon...in memory...

**CivilWars** · 06-14-10, 01:55 AM

RIP

**THATriggerHappy** · 06-14-10, 02:07 AM

damn good sausage...a little pricey but damn good

**Keiron** · 06-14-10, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by CivilWars

RIP

Originally Posted by THATriggerHappy

damn good sausage...a little pricey but damn good

+1

Probably my favorite sausage is Jimmy Dean.

**Alundil** · 06-14-10, 08:46 AM

RIP

**jason_jinx** · 06-14-10, 08:50 AM

I like HEB hot ground pork sausage better......

In 1969, Dean went into the sausage business, starting the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. He sold the company to Sara Lee Corp. in 1984.

bah!

**Kraker Jak** · 06-14-10, 11:35 PM

Everyone like to make a dollar

And if it werent for the sarah lee corp, we may have never had Jimmy Dean nationwide...

Here you go, for your listening pleasure...even if you odnt like country...its a good story song...