Singer/songwriter Chris LeDoux, who became a cult favorite on the rodeo circuit during the 1970s, died today (March 9) in a Casper, Wy., hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 56. Born in Biloxi, Miss., and raised near Austin, Texas, Le Doux became enamored of rodeo as a teenager, and was an award-winning bareback rider by the time he graduated from high school. He followed the college rodeo circuit and joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn. in 1970. Six years later, Le Doux won the World Championship Bareback buckle, but not before launching his career as a writer and performer...