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• Served in the Army from 1971 to '75.
• His first country No. 1 was 1982's "Fool Hearted Memory"; as of early 2007, he had a total of 54 chart-toppers from his winning mix of honky-tonk and Western swing .
• His cowboy look is more than just his hat, as Strait's a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, and takes part in cow-roping with son George Jr. and brother Buddy.
• Suffered the loss of 13-year-old daughter Jenifer in a motorcycle crash in 1986, and dedicated his CMA Male Vocalist of the Year award for that year to her memory.
• People magazine named him one of the world's most beautiful people in 1990.
• Among his acting credits is 1992's Pure Country, in which he played a troubled country singer. 
• Has received 16 CMA Awards (including two as Entertainer of the Year and five for Male Vocalist of the Year), and 15 Academy of Country Music® Awards (including one as Entertainer of the Year).
• Received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in 2003.
• Inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame in 2006.