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Peter La Farge
Peter La Farge (born Oliver Albee La Farge; April 30, 1931 – October 27, 1965) was an American singer–songwriter. He became known for his folk songs and performed most frequently in Greenwich Village in the 1950s and 1960s.
He was born Oliver Albee La Farge in 1931 to Oliver La Farge, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and anthropologist, and Wanden (née Matthews) La Farge, a Rhode Island heiress. The family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his younger sister Povy was born in 1933. His parents divorced in 1937.
La Farge grew up partly in New Mexico with his father and stepmother Consuelo Otile Baca and their son, his half-brother. His mother also remarried, to Andy Kane, a rancher. The boy lived with them part of the time on the Kane Ranch in Colorado, although he did not get along well with his stepfather.
He shared a love and respect with his father for the histories and cultures of Native Americans, which his father was deeply studying. La Farge later became estranged from his father, and changed his given name to Peter. At times he would even claim, falsely, that he was adopted.
Peter went to Fountain-Fort Carson High School but left before graduating. Around this time, he appeared in local theatrical amateur nights, and in 1946/47 he sang cowboy songs on Colorado Springs radio stations KVOR and KRDO.
Throughout his childhood, Peter went to rodeos with his stepfather Andy Kane (who took part in roping events). As a teenager, La Farge began to compete as a rodeo rider in both bareback and saddle bronc events.
La Farge joined the United States Navy in 1950 and served in the aircraft carrier USS Boxer throughout the Korean War. He also joined the Central Intelligence Division (CID) as an undercover agent involved in efforts to suppress narcotics smuggling. While in the Navy, he learned to box and took part in a few dozen prize fights. His nose was broken twice.[citation needed] His ship was once hit by a plane that missed its landing, and he suffered burns in the ensuing fire. He was discharged in 1953 and awarded the China Service Medal, a U.N. Service Medal and Ribbon, and a Korean Service Medal and Ribbon (5 stars).
After the war, La Farge competed again as a rodeo cowboy, getting injured often and almost losing a leg in one accident with a Brahma bull. Following his recuperation, he studied acting at the Goodman Theater drama school in Chicago and took supporting roles in local plays, remaining in the city for two years. During this period, he married a fellow actor, Suzanne Becker.
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Peter La Farge
Peter La Farge (born Oliver Albee La Farge; April 30, 1931 – October 27, 1965) was an American singer–songwriter. He became known for his folk songs and performed most frequently in Greenwich Village in the 1950s and 1960s.
He was born Oliver Albee La Farge in 1931 to Oliver La Farge, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and anthropologist, and Wanden (née Matthews) La Farge, a Rhode Island heiress. The family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his younger sister Povy was born in 1933. His parents divorced in 1937.
La Farge grew up partly in New Mexico with his father and stepmother Consuelo Otile Baca and their son, his half-brother. His mother also remarried, to Andy Kane, a rancher. The boy lived with them part of the time on the Kane Ranch in Colorado, although he did not get along well with his stepfather.
He shared a love and respect with his father for the histories and cultures of Native Americans, which his father was deeply studying. La Farge later became estranged from his father, and changed his given name to Peter. At times he would even claim, falsely, that he was adopted.
Peter went to Fountain-Fort Carson High School but left before graduating. Around this time, he appeared in local theatrical amateur nights, and in 1946/47 he sang cowboy songs on Colorado Springs radio stations KVOR and KRDO.
Throughout his childhood, Peter went to rodeos with his stepfather Andy Kane (who took part in roping events). As a teenager, La Farge began to compete as a rodeo rider in both bareback and saddle bronc events.
La Farge joined the United States Navy in 1950 and served in the aircraft carrier USS Boxer throughout the Korean War. He also joined the Central Intelligence Division (CID) as an undercover agent involved in efforts to suppress narcotics smuggling. While in the Navy, he learned to box and took part in a few dozen prize fights. His nose was broken twice.[citation needed] His ship was once hit by a plane that missed its landing, and he suffered burns in the ensuing fire. He was discharged in 1953 and awarded the China Service Medal, a U.N. Service Medal and Ribbon, and a Korean Service Medal and Ribbon (5 stars).
After the war, La Farge competed again as a rodeo cowboy, getting injured often and almost losing a leg in one accident with a Brahma bull. Following his recuperation, he studied acting at the Goodman Theater drama school in Chicago and took supporting roles in local plays, remaining in the city for two years. During this period, he married a fellow actor, Suzanne Becker.