Cowboy rides into sunset

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave ofWestern-themed nightspots, has died. He had been performing last month, butwas in failing health for aweek. Gilley received six Academy of Country MusicAwards and worked on occasion as an actor, with appearances onMurder She Wrote, The Fall Guy, Fantasy Island and The Dukes of Hazzard.