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MarkMas

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Was it only me who had to google Tom Mix? lol

But it is worth it for the story of how he died:

Silent-film star Tom Mix died aged 60 in 1940 in an Arizona car wreck. He lost control of his speeding car and rolled it into a dry wash (now called the Tom Mix Wash) near Florence, Arizona. Mix was driving north from Tucson in his beloved bright-yellow Cord Phaeton sports car. He was driving so fast that he failed to heed signs warning that one of the bridges was out on the road ahead. The Phaeton swung into a gully and Mix was smacked in the back of the head by one of the heavy aluminum suitcases he was carrying in the convertible's backseat. The impact broke the actor's neck and he died almost instantly. Today, the dented “Suitcase of Death†is the featured attraction at the Tom Mix Museum in Dewey, Oklahoma.
 

MarkMas

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Donald Duck?

1. R2D2 - Catman
2. C3PO - Catman
3. Herbie - zagatoes30
4. Champion the Wonder Horse - zagatoes30
5. Trigger (Roy Rogers' horse) - zagatoes30
6. Tony the Wonder Horse (Tom Mix's horse) - Caldy999
7. Donald Duck - daverichardson
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A fictional space character
Another cowboy thing
 

Geo

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But it is worth it for the story of how he died:

Silent-film star Tom Mix died aged 60 in 1940 in an Arizona car wreck. He lost control of his speeding car and rolled it into a dry wash (now called the Tom Mix Wash) near Florence, Arizona. Mix was driving north from Tucson in his beloved bright-yellow Cord Phaeton sports car. He was driving so fast that he failed to heed signs warning that one of the bridges was out on the road ahead. The Phaeton swung into a gully and Mix was smacked in the back of the head by one of the heavy aluminum suitcases he was carrying in the convertible's backseat. The impact broke the actor's neck and he died almost instantly. Today, the dented “Suitcase of Death†is the featured attraction at the Tom Mix Museum in Dewey, Oklahoma.

He also attended Wyatt Earp's funeral in January 1929!
 

MarkMas

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Darth Vader - I know a man but not real

I'm going to award the win to zagatoes30 with 4/9 right answers, since nobody is ever going to get number 9.

1. R2D2 - Catman
2. C3PO - Catman
3. Herbie - zagatoes30
4. Champion the Wonder Horse - zagatoes30
5. Trigger (Roy Rogers' horse) - zagatoes30
6. Tony the Wonder Horse (Tom Mix's horse) - Caldy999
7. Donald Duck - daverichardson
8. Darth Vader - zagatoes30
9. Roy Rogers' revolver (as well as Trigger's hoofprints)