Roy Cooper “was the equivalent of Michael Jordan in our world” one friend said about the calf roping champion.

Cooper, a Hobbs High School graduate who grew up in Lea County, New Mexico as part of one of rodeo’s most prominent families, ...

May 1 (UPI) -- Rodeo Hall-of-Famer Roy Cooper, 69, died in his North Texas home that was engulfed in a fire Tuesday evening.

DECATUR, Texas — ProRodeo Hall of Famer Roy Cooper died in a fire at his home in North Texas on Tuesday, according to a ...

Hall of Fame cowboy and Hobbs native Roy Cooper has died in a house fire in North Texas, leaving the rodeo world mourning the ...

DECATUR, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – Roy “Super Looper” Cooper, a rodeo legend and a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys ...

A SOLUTION QUICKLY. THE RODEO WORLD IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LEGEND, HALL OF FAMER AND HOBBS NATIVE ROY COOPER ENDED UP DYING IN A HOUSE FIRE IN NORTH TEXAS. HE WON SEVEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ...

An iconic rodeo star has died suddenly at 69 following a tragic fire, The Express Tribune reported. Roy Cooper, who was known as the Super Looper and considered to be one of the greatest rodeo ...

DECATUR, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – Roy “Super Looper” Cooper, a rodeo legend and a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Hall of Fame, died Tuesday in a house fire at his home in ...