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Ruben Benavides was born on 31 July 1930 in Doctor González, Nuevo León, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Treinta segundos para morir (1981), La banda del carro rojo (1978) and Kalimán, el hombre increíble (1972). He died on 11 April 2018 in Brownsville, Texas, USA.- Dorinda Clifton was born on 27 April 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) and The Marauders (1947). She was married to Anthony L Gorsline and William Klore Nelson. She died on 18 February 2009 in Brownsville, Oregon, USA.
- Edward Anderson was born on 19 June 1905 in Weatherford, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for They Live by Night (1948) and Thieves Like Us (1974). He was married to Polly Anne Bates and Lupe. He died on 5 September 1969 in Brownsville, Texas, USA.
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The inspiration for Harry Hogge, the character played by Robert Duvall in the movie Days of Thunder (1990), Harry Hyde was among NASCAR's most colorful and crustiest crew chiefs. Hailing from Brownsville, Kentucky, Hyde served in the Army during World War II, and after the war he and his brother opened a salvage yard and transmission shop in Louisville, Kentucky. They and their nephew, Tommy Johnson, also raced at area short tracks, and Hyde's mechanical expertise won the notice of Nord Krauskopf, an insurance magnate from Indiana who wanted to form a NASCAR Grand National team. Krauskopf and Hyde formed a team, revolving around Dodges, in Louisville and began racing in 1966, running a limited schedule with limited success. In 1967 the team hired Bobby Isaac, a well-known short tracker from Catawba, North Carolina and finished second at Charlotte, a race that helped win the team factory backing from Chrysler. The team relocated to North Carolina for 1968 and Isaac finished second in Grand National points with three race wins. Isaac and Hyde went on to win 17 races in 1969 and in 1970 won eleven more en route to the NASCAR title. Along the way Hyde became famous for rules squabbles with NASCAR and also for his unique ways of motivating drivers; for example, such incidents as telling his driver to hit the pace car because he'd crashed everywhere else during a race and not to pit because he and the crew were relaxing eating ice cream bars, were used in _Days of Thunder(1990)_.
Hyde's fortunes collapsed after 1977 after his team was purchased by coal miner J.D. Stacy. Stacy filed some 14 lawsuits against Hyde to poach his race shops and Hyde won them all, but was financially ruined by the lawsuits. He was then rescued in 1983 by Charlotte car dealer Rick Hendrick, who formed a race team and wanted Hyde to be its crew chief. Hyde and driver Geoff Bodine won three races in 1984, but it was when Hendrick formed a second team and placed Hyde in charge of Tim Richmond that Hyde's apex as a crew chief was reached. When Tim Richmond succumbed to illness after 1987, Hyde quit Hendrick Motorsports, and after four uninspiring seasons with team owners Micky Stavola, Harry Melling, and Larry Hedrick, Hyde retired from racing. He died in 1996 of a heart attack brought on by a blood clot, with a record of 58 NASCAR wins spanning 21 seasons, 1968-88.- Actor
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Blues singer/guitarist "Sleepy" John Estes--he got his nickname because he had the ability to take naps whenever and wherever he felt the need--was born in the small farming town of Ripley, TN, in 1904, to a family of poor sharecroppers. He was raised in the nearby town of Brownsville. A childhood accident resulted in his losing sight in his right eye. He taught himself to play guitar, and it wasn't long before he was performing at picnics and parties in the area, at times working with famed mandolin player Yank Rachell. In the 1920s Estes, Rachell and harmonica/jug player Hammie Nixon traveled to Memphis, TN, and performed in jug bands on street corners.
In 1929 Estes signed a recording contract with Victor Records. In 1931 he and Nixon moved to Chicago, where Estes also recorded for Decca Records, and in the 1940s he made some recordings for Bluebird Records, where his biggest hit, "Someday, Baby", became known as a blues classic and featured Estes' signature crying vocals and well-crafted lyrics. He eventually returned to Brownsville and slowed down his recording career, although he did occasionally travel to Memphis to record, often for Sam Phillips at the legendary Sun Records studio. Unfortunately, Estes eventually lost the sight in his left eye, also, leaving him completely blind. By the end of the 1950s he had faded from the blues scene (many fans actually thought he had died).
In 1962 Estes was discovered living in abject poverty in Brownsville. Thanks to a revival of interest in the blues at that time, Estes' career was revived, and he appeared in several blues documentaries in addition to going on the road and playing in clubs, concerts and blues and folk festivals. He also recorded an album, "Sleepy John Estes". He appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 and toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival. He played again at the Newport Folk Festival in 1969 and at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival that same year. He appeared in the American Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife in 1970 and again in 1973.
He died in 1977 in Brownsville, TN.- Arnie Gardner was born on 25 December 1926 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. He died on 10 February 1994 in Brownsville, Texas, USA.
- Baltazar Guzmán was born on 9 October 1930 in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La muerte del soplon (1978), La noche del Ku-Klux-Klan (1980) and La banda del carro rojo (1978). He died on 23 April 2016 in Brownsville Texas, USA.