The following is an except from Kovels Komments Newsletter and I think it's sad.  Those of my generation had so many wonderful heroes but who do kids have today?  Goofy celebrities who are famous for nothing?  Sports stars who are arrested for drugs and violence and then return to the game?  I wish we had people like Roy, Dale, Gene and Hopalong today.

REMEMBER ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS?

How long do movie or TV stars remain popular after they die? Collectors buy memories of their childhood, and stars like Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans, are probably unknown to those born after 1960. The pair were huge stars in over 100 cowboy movies made between 1935 and 1959 and starred in “The Roy Rogers Show” on television from 1951 to 1957. But interest in the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Missouri, has declined and it is closing. Collectors who want Rogers-Evans memorabilia can find gun and holster sets, lunch boxes, play sets, books, comics, Halloween costumes and, of course, figurines of Roy's horse, Trigger. The Roy Rogers lamp pictured features a Hartland figurine of Roy riding Trigger. The lamp sold last week for $410 at Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania. Prices for Rogers-Evans collectibles will probably go down without ongoing publicity.