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Billy Ray Thunder
Thunder in 2015
Born
William Ray Higginbottom
(1954-09-20) September 20, 1954 (age 69)
Akron, Ohio, United States
Alma mater
Archbishop Hoban High School
Occupations
Truck driver
bronc rider
bullrider
Army medic
Navy corpsman
semi pro football player
Height
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Children
Victoria and William
Billy Ray Thunder (born William Ray Higginbottom) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bull riding and bareback bronc riding. He has been active for over 30 years.[1] He is nicknamed "The Living Legend".[2]
^Jones, Jenny; Marovich, Pete (18 January 2012). "Legacy of the Black Cowboy". american-journal.org. American-Journal Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
^Northover-Moore, Gina. "Billy Ray Thunder". Indian Rodeo News.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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"Pittsburgh 'Topdog' Has Ray Anthony Thomas and Native Son Billy Porter, March 4 – April 4" Playbill, February 23, 2004 "Billy Porter, Justin Bartha and...
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amateur actors and actresses. Ray professed to have learnt the craft of cinema from Old Hollywood directors such as John Ford, Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch...
Sugar Ray Robinson made Jake La Motta his bloody Valentine in 1951". The Guardian. Box-Rec & Sweet Thunder Sweet Thunder & Box-Rec "Sugar Ray Robinson...
the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early...
into the bottomless ball pit and a bomb also falling in it. In "Danger & Thunder," villains like Dr. Minyak and Nurse Cohort, Drill Finger, Jeff, Time Jerker...
Benchetrit – Lap Steel & Additional Guitar Kevin Hearn – Additional Keys Dave "BillyRay" Koster – Drums All other instrumentation by Kevin Drew and Dave Hamelin...
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full credit as his collaborator on later, larger works such as Such Sweet Thunder, A Drum Is a Woman, The Perfume Suite, and Far East Suite, where Strayhorn...
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