Dean's Legacy
Ronnie Pugh, research librarian at the Country Music Foundation and Hall of Fame, evaluated the Dean legacy accordingly: "Eddie and his brother were one of the first brother acts back in the 1930s. Then, he was a pioneer of the real smooth singing style. Finally, his enduring contribution to country music will be his songwriting."
Longtime manager Don Bradley said that Dean's legacy will be "his music. He never had the promotion and marketing that Roy and Gene had because he and Dearest always did all of their own business. But Eddie was one of the finest singers the good Lord ever made. And he was a great writer. He wrote 80 percent of all the music in his movies."
In 1999, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to Dean.
Dean died at the age of ninety-one of emphysema in Westlake Village in Los Angeles County. In addition to his wife, Dean was survived by a son, Ed Glosup, and a daughter, Donna Lee Daniel.
The Deans are interred at the Gethsemane plot of Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village. The headstone reads "Glosup" at the top with "Eddie Dean" and "Dearest Dean" below.
Eddie Dean used at least four horses in his movies. In order, they were War Paint, Flash, White Cloud, and Copper.
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