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‘Daddy-O’ Wade, the Artist Who Created the Giant Cowboy Boots Outside San Antonio’s North Star Mall, Has Died

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Bob “Daddy-O” Wade, the larger-than-life Texas artist who crafted the enormous cowboy boots outside of North Star Mall, has died at age 76. Wade succumbed to heart failure at his Austin home on Monday, according to a report by the Austin American-Statesman. Wade’s 35-foot-tall boots were installed at North Star Mall in 1979. Nearly four […]

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