âThey liked the fact that we were poor and were trying to make something of ourselves,â said Christina El Moussa, 29. A couple of years ago, the couple, with business partner Pete De Best, bought their first investment house in Santa Ana for $115,000.
Mini Bio (1). Roy Acuff was born on September 15, 1903 in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA as Roy Claxton Acuff. He was married to Mildred Louise Douglas. He died on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Roy Acuff became a national superstar during the '40s, scoring a long string of hit records, which included the classics The Wreck on the Highway, The Precious Jewel, and Beneath That Lonely Mound of Clay, among many others. During this time, he discovered that there was a potential gold mine in music publishing.