DAGMAR ANITA BINGE remembers
RUDY SOOTER

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Rudy Sooter (deceased 1991) was a great Western singer, songwriter and Hollywood Western actor. He played in movies with Marlene Dietrich (Destry Rides Again, 1939), with John Wayne, Tex Ritter and many others. In Germany he gained fame through the TV series "Rauchende Colts" (Gunsmoke) in which he played the assisted bartender and guitar player. It sounds ironic that his home in Reno, Nevada went up in smoke, too (early 1980s). It was the greatest shock of his life according to what he told me. Nearly all of his belongings and memories were lost. The brown edge on the left picture of 1954 tells you that this is one he could save from the fire. The colored picture was made after the fire on December 25, 1985. Rudy lost all of his records, but with my Rudy Sooter collection and the help of other fans eventually enough items could be assembled to realize 2 long playing records (Cattle LP 98 and LP 99).