Can anyone tell me please is Slim Whitman the country and western singer dead or alive?
He is very much alive and is 83 years young. Slim Whitman Slim Whitman (born January 20, 1924 in Tampa, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Whitman lives in Middleburg, Florida. Slim WhitmanBorn Otis Dewey Whitman, Jr., he is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in country music history and yet at the same time is one of the most unrecognized by the American public at large. Growing up, Whitman liked the country music of Jimmie Rodgers that he was hearing on the radio but did not embark on a musical career until the end of World War II after he had served in the South Pacific with the United States Navy. Whitman is a self taught left handed guitarist. Whitman is right handed, but he lost almost all of the second finger on his left hand in an accident. Otis Whitman worked at a shipyard in Tampa while developing a musical career, eventually performing with a band known as the “Variety Rhythm Boys”. Whitman’s first big break came when agent Colonel
