State Fair mascot Big Tex has gone up in flames. It's still not clear what caused the fire, whichBig Tex - the 52-foot-tall metal-and-fabric cowboy that is an icon of the State Fair of Texas - has been destroyed in a fire.DALLAS—Big Tex, a 52-foot-tall cowboy who greeted visitors to the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, went up in flames Friday, leaving throngs of distraught Texans across the state. After the blaze was put out, all that was left of the iconic automatonBIG TEX, THE FAMOUS ICON OF the Texas State Fair caught on fire Friday morning and was completely destroyed in ten minutes.The 52-foot-tall cowboy greeted guests to the State Fair with a bellowing "Howdeeee, Folks!The fiery demise of Big Tex has brought out the stand-up comedian in many of us. Twitter and other social media outlets are aflutter with clever, and not-so- clever, one-liners about the 52-foot, talking, waving mechanical cowboy that greeted millions
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