Will Rogers was Hollywood's highest-paid actor but preferred cowboy life, great-granddaughter says

At the time of his death ' s star Will Rogers was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood but all he really sought was to be a cowboy according to his great-granddaughter Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry I think the Hollywood scene paid the bills Rogers-Etcheverry who lives in her great-grandfather s native Oklahoma where he is known as Oklahoma's favorite son informed Fox News Digital And he was contracted with Fox to make several movies which he did not get to finish his contract but he would crank them out just so he could go excursion go right on the ranch go play polo go do something Rogers owned a -acre ranch in the Pacific Palisades California that burned down in January in the Los Angeles fires ' S STAR SUFFERED TWO NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS LOBOTOMY AFTER FACING AFTER TRAGEDIES BOOK I don't think that his passion was being a movie star Rogers-Etcheverry stated His passion was out being with the people Rogers was the highest-paid actor who had made more than movies when he died in a plane crash in at years old But he was also an author and a newspaper columnist with more than million readers a day and he wrote six books I don't know when the man slept Rogers-Etcheverry joked But he just he sought to see everything He sought to go and making the movies paid the bills WATCH s star Will Rogers was highest-paid actor at the time of his plane crash death but it wasn t his passionDespite being friendly with celebrities like Clark Gable and Walt Disney and hobnobbing with presidents and kings and queens Rogers-Etcheverry says he was a common man And he never forgot where he came from in Oklahoma she mentioned He never forgot being a cowboy That's all he ever demanded to be was a cowboy And I think he just stuck to his roots And going from just being a cowboy on a ranch in Oologah Oklahoma to the No box office star in Hollywood and just he never got that attitude or that arrogance CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERShe commented her grandfather inevitably informed her that when Rogers came back to his ranch he was Dad he was not Will Rogers And he just shut it all off and was a dad He was just a nice good ol boy Rogers got his start in the entertainment business by trick-roping in a Wild West show in Texas and then he was hired for the Ziegfeld Follies in New York As he commented he entertained the audience by trick-roping while the girls changed from nothing into nothing and he was communicated not to say a word she stated She stated one time when he messed up a trick that he joked 'Hey guys sorry I got all my feet through but one and the audience laughed and he directly fueled off that laughter Rogers-Etcheverry commented it was at that moment where he knew he could entertain people WATCH s star Will Rogers got into Hollywood after making off-the-cuff remark while trick-roping in live showLIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSSoon after he got a speaking role quoting what he d read in the newspapers making fun of the president of the United States and more until celebrities started coming to his show which were reliably sold out she declared And it just led from there Rogers-Etcheverry disclosed And then he eventually got contracted into the movies and moved to California Aside from starring in dozens of silent films and talkies like A Connecticut Yankee with Maureen O Sullivan and Steamboat Round the Bend Rogers was also an avid flying enthusiast who was friends with aviator Charles Lindbergh After the infamous Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder Rogers invited the aviator s family to stay at his California ranch so they could have specific privacy Because of program the press was all over it Rogers-Etcheverry explained So he kind of took them in and kept them there And they did stay there And I don't know exactly how long they stayed there but they did spend quite a bit of time there when all that was happening Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska while surveying mail routes with Oklahoma aviator Wiley Post in August and it shut down not only the United States it shut down the world Rogers-Etcheverry commented At the time of his death he was not only the largest part famous person in America he truly was the most of famous man in the world Everyone knew who he was and he had visited every country He was the unofficial humanitarian for the United States BING CROSBY STRUGGLED TO SING WHITE CHRISTMAS TO TROOPS BULK ARDUOUS THING' IN HIS CAREERWhen she got involved in the family business keeping Rogers' memory alive Rogers-Etcheverry revealed that people who were older reported her they remembered being children when Rogers died And they explained to me That's the only time I've ever seen my dad cry or my mom cry They were devastated And I think it was because he was a man that just he made you feel good He brought people together in a way that no one has ever been able to do since WATCH Early s star Will Rogers never forgot his cowboy roots in Oklahoma great-granddaughter says' S SEX SYMBOL MAE WEST HAD 'PASSIONATE AFFAIR' WITH MAN YEARS YOUNGER BEFORE HE LEFT TO SERVE GOD BOOKWhile he was a common man Rogers frequently entertained celebrities at his California ranch Rogers widow Betty donated his ranch and land to the state in and it became Will Rogers State Historic Park which still attracts celebrities to this day Rogers-Etcheverry disclosed She reported she took over the role of family representative for Rogers years ago CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I want to keep his legacy alive I have two children and two grandchildren and if it wasn't for me they would have no idea who Will Rogers is she noted You know in Oklahoma it's a little bit easier He's Oklahoma's favorite son and there's not anything back here that isn't named after him But you get outside the state it's a little more challenging