Biography for
Porter Wagoner More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

12 August 1927, West Plains, Missouri, USA

Date of Death

28 October 2007, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (lung cancer)

Birth Name

Porter Wayne Wagoner

Nickname

Wagonmaster
The Thin Man from West Plains

Trivia

Porter and duet partner Dolly Parton had many hits from 1967-1974.

Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002.

On October 15, 2007, he was admitted to a Nashville, Tennessee area hospital and placed in Intensive Care in critical condition. On October 21, 2007 the Washington Post reported that he was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Hospitalized with lung cancer and is in serious condition [October 20, 2007].

Had an older brother, Glenn, who died before he was 20 from a heart ailment.

His children include his son, Richard, and daughters, Denise and Debra.

Idol was Hank Williams.

Where Are They Now

(2007) Appears in the infomercial, hosted by Marty Stuart and Nan Kelley, for TimeLife's "Opry Video Classics" collection.