My Brother married Roy and Dale's Granddaughter, and he had 3 children with her, and they were on welfare.
I understand my Brother being poor, our Father died when we were little kids and we were raised by a poor single Mother, but Roy's Granddaughter should have had money and connections.
They taxed Roy at 90% and his family suffered for it.
Since then, after the passing of Roy and Dale, all of Roy's family had to leave California because it is too expensive here, and they all moved to places where it is less expensive, such as Alabama, Missouri, and Nevada.
After the family fell into poverty the Roy Rogers museum was closed, and all of the stuff from the museum was auctioned off to raise money for the Rogers family.
The Rogers children should have been wealthy, with access to the best schools and great educations, but that was not the case.
And the situation for their Great Grandkids, and Great Great Grandkids, is as if Roy and Dale never existed and never worked. They are just as poor as the poorest of the poor.
They are working at fast food restaurants that are owned by other people, etc.
I have one niece who was very smart as a child, and I wanted her to go to Harvard, but instead they ended up poor in Alabama, she ended up addicted to drugs, her husband committed suicide, and now she is going to jail, it is all bullshit, I did not want her to experience that life, I wanted her to go to Harvard. She is Roy Rogers' Great Granddaughter, she should have went to Harvard.
So, they taxed Roy at 90% and his family suffered.
But, they are still trying to succeed, and a new play is in the works. The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans play that has been in the works is coming to Atlanta. Then hopefully the play goes to Broadway in New York, which is where I want to see the play. Then, hopefully they make a film. Then, if the film about Roy and Dale is a success, hopefully some of the money goes to Roy and Dale's family. I think Dusty Rogers is involved with it all, and hopefully he profits from it and helps the others.
Salute,
Tony V.