TV & VIDEO - Oct. 24, 1990

Soon to Be Back in the Saddle: Roy Rogers, “the king of the cowboys,” is recovering from surgery to correct an aneurysm near his heart. The singing cowboy movie and television star, who will be 79 on Nov. 5, had the operation Monday at a hospital in Apple Valley, and was doing fine after the surgery, his son Roy Jr. said. Rogers underwent triple-bypass surgery 13 years ago. Riding a golden palomino named Trigger and strumming on a guitar, Rogers rode off into the sunsets of some 90 musical Westerns in a career that spanned more than 30 years.