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Big Tex is a 55-foot (17 m) tall figure and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, United States. The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas.
Big Tex has greeted State Fair of Texas visitors for 70 years, but ten years ago a fire brought the North Texas icon down to its metal frame.
DALLAS -- The larger-than-life cowboy, Big Tex, has been voted #1 in USA Today`s Best Quirky Landmark in the nation competition. Apparently Big Tex is quirkier than the Longaberger Basket home ...
The Big Texan Steak Ranch is known for its Cadillac white stretch limos with longhorn hood ornaments, [7] one of which appears in the 2006 animated film Cars as Texas oil baron Tex Dinoco. Becky Ransom and the Big Texan Steak Ranch ("free 72-ounce steak if consumed in 60 minutes") are acknowledged in the film's credits.
The State Fair is known for its fried food, particularly the corn dogs. The State Fair is also home to the Texas Star, the tallest Ferris wheel in the Western Hemisphere, and Big Tex, a 55-foot-tall (17 m) cowboy statue.
In the 1970s, Garza wrestled as "The Mighty Igor" in the "Big Time Wrestling" circuit from Detroit, Michigan, performing with the likes of Bobo Brazil, The Sheik, Pampero Firpo, "Big" Tex McKenzie, The Stomper, Flying Fred Curry, and The Fabulous Kangaroos. On January 7, 2002, Garza died after suffering a heart attack at a hospital in Detroit. [2]
Sadly today Big Tex burned down at the State Fair. I'm sure he'll be rebuilt for next year, but it was a shocking scene for many at the Fair this morning. (It was his 60th anniversary this year) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.193.220.29 ( talk ) 16:11, 19 October 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
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