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George Strait parents: Meet Doris Couser Strait, John Byron Strait

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The famous American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer George Harvey Strait Sr. is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. In the 1980s, he was credited for igniting the neotraditional country movement, famed for his authentic cowboy image and roots-oriented sound at a time when the Nashville music industry was dominated by country pop crossover acts. The influential and record-breaking legacy of his pioneering neotraditionalist country style has garnered him as the “King of Country Music.”

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George Strait parents: Meet Doris Couser Strait, John Byron Strait

George Strait was born on May 18, 1952, in Poteet, Texas, to John Byron Strait Sr., and Doris Jean Couser. He was named by his parents George Harvey Strait Sr. His father was a junior high school mathematics teacher and the owner of a 2,000-acre (810 ha) cattle ranch outside of Big Wells, Texas. The family worked at the ranch on the weekends and in the summers.

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John Byron Strait Sr. and his wife Doris Jean Couser got separated reasons for their divorce are best known to them alone Doris moved away with her daughter Pency living with her two sons George and his brother John Jr., for her husband to raise them.

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John Byron Strait Sr. and his ex-wife Doris Jean Couser are of white origin and hold American nationality. The two are no more, Doris died at the age of 80 years on January 30, 2010, and was born on June 26, 1930. John Byron Strait Sr. passed away at the age of 91 years on June 4, 2013, and was born on January 11, 1922.

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