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Iconic 52-foot state fair mascot Big Tex burns up | Daily News and ... Oct 20th 2012, 05:33 Email. |. Print. Big Tex the icon of the State Fair of Texas burned Friday morning and witnesses grabbed their phones to get video of it. (WARNING: Explicit Language). Viewer Videos: Big Texas Burns. Link; Embed; Email. Copy. Close. Link to this video DALLAS (Reuters) – Big Tex, a 52-foot-tall cowboy mascot for the State Fair of Texas, went up in flames on Friday due to a suspected electrical malfunction, reducing the animated structure to little more than a charred skeletal frame. But the man who Big Tex wasn't always Big Tex. He got his big start as "Big Santa" in Kerens, Texas November of 1949. DALLAS — Big Tex, the metal cowboy whose slow drawl of "Howdy, folks!" made him an icon of the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, was destroyed Friday when flames engulfed his 52-foot-tall frame. Some material that made up Big Tex's hands and sleeves The iconic animated figure known as "Big Tex," which has greeted visitors of the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, was destroyed by fire on Friday. Fair representative Sue Gooding said the blaze started inside Big Tex Friday morning on the fairgrounds Source: http://www.troth.net/20/iconic-52-foot-state-fair-mascot-big-tex-burns-up/

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