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Date of Birth

1 November 1957, Klein, Texas, USA

Birth Name

Lyle Pearce Lovett

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

A singer-songwriter who plays guitar, Lyle Lovett won a 1989 Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. His albums, the first of which was released in 1986, incorporate elements of country, Western, folk, swing, jazz, bebop, blues and gospel music. He graduated from Texas A&M with degrees in German and journalism.

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Spouse

Julia Roberts

(25 June 1993 - 22 March 1995) (divorced)

Trivia

Was trampled by a bull on his Klein, Texas, ranch; needed surgery to repair his mauled right leg. He has since (understandably) possessed a morbid fear of cattle. [April 2002]

He graduated from Texas A&M University with a BA in German and Journalism

He once bought a Cadillac El Dorado from Hunter S. Thompson.

His great-great-grandfather, Adam Klein, was a founding father of Klein, Texas, where Lyle was born and now resides.

Engaged to April Kimble. [2006]

Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 10, 2006. The other inductees were Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams and Cybill Shepherd.

Originally slated to play one of the singing cowboys in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

Graduated from Klein High School, the first high school built in the Klein Independent School District, named for his ancestor, Adam Klein. All High Schools in the District include the Klein name. Other high schools in the district include Klein Forest, Klein Oak, and Klein Collins.

Suffers seriously from bovophobia (fear of cattle).

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