Warfield Richards Red Bow (June 26, 1948 – March 28, 1993) was a South Dakota

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n known for his music.

Life and career

Richards was adopted into the Red Bow family at a young age. He grew up on the

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near

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and went to school in

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. He dropped out of high school to become an actor and later served in the

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as a

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in the 1960s. Red Bow made several records in the 1980s and 1990s as a singer and musician. As an actor, he had minor roles in several Westerns, and a character in the 1989 film ''

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'', "Buddy Red Bow", was based on his life.

Death

Red Bow died on March 28, 1993 in the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City of

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, and was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Red Shirt). He was posthumously inducted into the

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Hall of Fame in 1998.

Discography

* ''Hard Rider'' (soundtrack, 1972) * ''BRB'' (1981) * ''Journey to the Spirit World'' (1983) * ''Black Hills Dreamer'' (1995)

Filmography

* '' How the West Was Won'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1990) (credited as Chief Buddy Redbow) * ''

Thunderheart ''Thunderheart'' is a 1992 American Neo-Western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973, when followers of ...

'' (1992)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Red Bow, Buddy 1948 births 1993 deaths Lakota people Native American singers American country singer-songwriters United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War Native American United States military personnel Deaths from cirrhosis 20th-century American singers Singers from South Dakota