Roger Dean Miller (
January 2,
1936 –
October 25,
1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in
Fort Worth,
Texas, to mother Laudene Holt Miller and father Jean Miller, Roger, the youngest of three boys, was sent to live with his uncle and aunt, Elmer and Armelia Miller, in
Erick, Oklahoma, when his father died while Roger was just one year old. Roger had a lonely and...