Will Rogers Great Grandson?

A late – but most welcome – addition to the Macon 2012 program is Josh Rogers Leuty, a great-grandson of Will Rogers.

What happened to Will Rogers kids?

Will Rogers Jr., died in 1993 after a career in movies, newspapers and politics. ... Will Rogers' other son, Jim, lives on a ranch near Bakersfield, Calif. Carlos Rogers had owned a restaurant in Arizona in the 1980s but apparently became depressed after the death of his father, his family said.

Was Will Rogers Native American?

Born in the Cherokee Nation in 1879, Rogers grew up among his people. ... He led a life that seemed non-Indian to his white fan base: he was a cowboy; he was wealthy; he ran largely in non-Indian political circles; and, according to his blood quantum, he was more Scotch and Irish than Cherokee.