... died recently, at the age of 87, at Macon, Georgia. His extensive career started in 1 908 when he joined the Cherokee Wild West Show and ended in 1974 when he retired after many years' service in various capacities with the Ringling Barnum and Bailey ...

... in vaudeville and in circusee all over the world. A friend of Williem (Buffalo Bill) Cody, ha was featured with his Wild West Show in the USA and in Europe. He is also said to have taught tha infa mous Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary Burke) how ...

... he was a regular star in films which included Texas Cyclone, Square Shooter and War Paint McCoy founded his own Wild West show, served in the US army again in the Second World War and his later film career comprised bit parts m Around the World ...

... film world and over the next 2 years appeared in 12 Westerns with his horse Rebel. He later did circus work with his own Wild West Show as a trick rider and roper. In 1976, Russell was seen at the Wranglers Roost B Wes tern Convention at London's Ivanhoe ...