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Spade Cooley (Donnell Clyde Cooley) was born on 17 December, 1910 in Grand, Oklahoma, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Producer. Discover Spade Cooley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Spade Cooley networth?

Popular As Donnell Clyde Cooley
Occupation actor,soundtrack,producer
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 17 December 1910
Birthday 17 December
Birthplace Grand, Oklahoma, USA
Date of death 23 November, 1969
Died Place Oakland, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Spade Cooley's Wife?

His wife is Ella Mae Evans (? - 3 April 1961) ( her death)

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Spade Cooley Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Spade Cooley worth at the age of 59 years old? Spade Cooley’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Spade Cooley's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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Timeline

1961

He was convicted of murdering his second wife Ella Mae over alleged infidelities--they had an argument and he beat her to death. The murder happened on April 3, 1961 in front of his 14-year-old daughter Melody. He was sentenced to life in prison. He was furloughed in 1969 to appear at a police benefit show. While waiting backstage to come on, he had a sudden heart attack and died.

1959

The orchestra dissolved in 1959 and Cooley began planning a never-built amusement park for Kern County to be called Water Wonderland which would feature boat races and swimming and incorporate a broadcast studio for a new television series. But health and financial problems ensued while at the same time his popularity was quickly fading. Spade Cooley was always a driven man and a classic Type A personality; but alcohol became an issue as did marital discord and personal anger, and several heart attacks weakened him. According to reports, Spade was increasingly frustrated over the growing distance in his marriage and he exploded in shock, horror and violence at the moment his wife told him she had secretly been a part of a sex-love cult. (This may have been a partial or total fiction she created to get Spade to divorce her. ) At that moment he lashed out blindly at her, rupturing her aorta which caused her death. Cooley, now frail and in a wheelchair throughout the first-degree murder trial, never forgave himself and refused a sanity hearing, but the judge imposed a life sentence at the California State Prison Medical Facility at Vacaville where Cooley, a model prisoner, founded a music program with a band and then an orchestra which gave concerts. He learned to play guitar and developed an electric violin.

1948

His eleven-year television career started at KTLA on August 5, 1948 where he broadcast live from the Santa Monica Ballroom, capturing seventy-five percent of the viewership.

1941

Violinist and cellist, singer, actor, composer and songwriter ("Shame On You"), conductor, arranger and inventor who popularized western swing music on film and recordings, in person and on radio and television. When Spade was four, he and his parents John and Emma Cooley moved to Oregon where he studied classical violin and cello, and at the age of eight he began performing at community dances and hoedowns with his father. At age 22, his parents moved to Modesto, California where he earned a modest living playing in bars and outdoor events as well as in nearby Fresno and Stockton for polka parties and square dances. A persistent search for film work landed him a job at Republic Pictures as a stand-in for Roy Rogers with whom he shared a slight resemblance. Soon he was singing with the Riders of the Purple Sage and made his first recording in 1941 with the Cal Shrum. The Spade Cooley Orchestra was formed soon afterward as a headline attraction at the Venice Pier Ballroom and later at the Riverside Rancho in Los Angeles (where the popular Carolina Cotton joined the band as a bass fiddler, singer and yodeler), and the band opened the doors at the new Santa Monica Ballroom while recording for RCA Victor.