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Jimmy Walker

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Also known as James Walker

American basketball player (1944–2007)

Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • Promotional Videos for Cash Affiliation
  • Social Dialogue
  • I Was Never Poor
  • Walking by Faith, Serving in Love
  • Pommy Bastids and Marsh Lane Girls

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,976
Total plays
7,999

Tags

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Ernest Earl "Jimmy" Walker (December 18, 1915 – June 27, 1990) was an American country musician. Jimmy Walker recorded the first version of the country standard "Detour" in 1945, and to date he is the only man who ever replaced Roy Acuff on the Grand Ole Opry. He also recorded numerous other western swing-honky tonk numbers, appeared as a regular on Midwestern Hayride, WWVA Jamboree and Louisiana Hayride, and appeared in several motion pictures. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jimmy+Walker">

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Position
Goalkeeper
Nationality
England

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
James
Family name
Walker
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Amherst
Place of death
Kansas City
Native language
English language
Position played
shooting guard
Country for sport
United States
Mass
89
Image
Jimmy Walker1.jpg
Height
190
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date of birth
1944-04-08
different from
Jimmy Walker
date of death
2007-07-02
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
drafted by
Detroit Pistons
end of work period
1976-00-00
start of work period
1967-00-00
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