Last updated: Thursday, February 14, 2008
COUNTRY STAR DAWSON DIES
Australian country music legend SMOKY DAWSON has died. He was 94.
The singer - real name Herbert Henryrose - shot to fame after World War II with his radio show The Adventures of Smoky Dawson, which was broadcast from 1952 until the early 1960s.
In 1978 he was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) for his services to country music. In 1983 he was added to the Australian Country Music Roll of Renown, and in 2005 he was inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association Hall of Fame. He was also recognised in the United States, landing the Honor Award of the Grand Ole Opry.
Dawson passed away on Wednesday (13Feb08) morning at the Hornsby Hospital in Sydney and is survived by his wife, Dot.
Source: WENN
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