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Lane Clyde Frost

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Lane Clyde Frost Famous memorial

Birth
La Junta, Otero County, Colorado, USA
Death
30 Jul 1989 (aged 25)
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.99875, Longitude: -95.5015972
Plot
Located near front, south of main road through cemetery. North Darrough section.
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Rodeo Cowboy. Born in La Junta, Colorado, he was a top professional bull rider and a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He began rodeo riding while in high school was the National High School Bull Riding Champion in 1981 and the Bull Riding Champion of the first Youth National Finals in 1982. Frost joined the PRCA and began to rodeo full time after graduating from high school. In 1987, he became the PRCA World Champion Bull Rider at the age of 24 and went on to compete in the first exhibition rodeo held 1988, at the Winter Olympics at Calgary, Canada. At a rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he died as a result of injuries sustained while riding the bull "Takin' Care of Business." In 1990, he was posthumously inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. The 1994 movie "8 Seconds" chronicles the life of Lane.
Rodeo Cowboy. Born in La Junta, Colorado, he was a top professional bull rider and a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He began rodeo riding while in high school was the National High School Bull Riding Champion in 1981 and the Bull Riding Champion of the first Youth National Finals in 1982. Frost joined the PRCA and began to rodeo full time after graduating from high school. In 1987, he became the PRCA World Champion Bull Rider at the age of 24 and went on to compete in the first exhibition rodeo held 1988, at the Winter Olympics at Calgary, Canada. At a rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he died as a result of injuries sustained while riding the bull "Takin' Care of Business." In 1990, he was posthumously inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. The 1994 movie "8 Seconds" chronicles the life of Lane.

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A Champion in life best cowboy ever


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Aug 15, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11794/lane_clyde-frost: accessed ), memorial page for Lane Clyde Frost (12 Oct 1963–30 Jul 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11794, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.