“Howdy, folks.”
Bill Bragg, the voice of Big Tex at the Texas State Fairgrounds at Fair Park in Dallas, died Saturday.
Big Tex is the iconic, talking, 55 foot statue that greets Fair visitors. Bragg gave voice to Big Tex beginning in 2002 and continued until a contract dispute ended his association with the State Fair of Texas in 2013.
Details of the cause of death have not been released.
Bill Bragg was 72.