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Actress, Sunset Carson, was born Winifred Maurice Harrison (some sources cite Michael Harrison) on Nov 12, 1920 in Gracemont, Oklahoma. Carson died at the age of 69 on May 1, 1990 in Reno, NV .

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Dead Eye: Gosh, we're real saddlemates now!
Sunset Carson: Saddlemates?
Dead Eye: You know, pals, er, buddies, er, ah...
Sunset Carson: You mean saddlemates?
Dead Eye: Yeah! That's it.
Sunset Carson: On one condition. You have to change that name of yours. Now let's see, ah, Killer? Ripper? Slugger? Well, how about Dead Eye?
Dead Eye: Sounds awful frightenin' - but awful virile!
Sunset Carson: OK, Dead Eye it is.


Sunset Carson: Jeff and I are leavin' this pack. We don't like travelin' with mongrels.


[upon confronting a third thug on his way to the governor's office]
Sunset Carson: This is getting monotonous!


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In 1980 he was discovered to have abdominal cancer. He underwent surgery, and by 1982 it was in remission.

When Carson, whose real name was Michael Harrison, signed with Republic Pictures, studio head Herbert J. Yates thought that his name was too long to fit on theater marquees and would have to be changed. As he looked out his window he saw a used-car lot across the street called "Sunset Motors", and named his new cowboy star "Sunset". The new last name, "Carson", was in honor of legendary frontiersman Kit Carson.

His father was a rodeo rider in the circus owned by cowboy star Tom Mix.

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