Larry Mahan, a six-time world champion rodeo cowboy who bucked his way into American stardom, starring in an Oscar-winning documentary, endorsing his own line of Western wear and appearing on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, died at 79.
Mr. Mahan had bone cancer, according to Bobby Steiner, a close friend and bull-riding contemporary who confirmed his death.
Starting in 1966, Mr. Mahan won an unprecedented five straight all-around world championships — a streak that ended only after he broke his leg in two places. He won the all-around a sixth time in 1973. He also won bull riding championships in 1965 and 1967. To hang on, “You have to transform yourself into some kind of a small beast,” Mr. Mahan said. When mounting a saddle bronc, he’d tell himself, “Some people can make every right move and come in second. I make the same moves and come in first. I am a winner.”
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