The Western genre is one of the most beloved genres of older cinema. While modern Westerns are great, its hard to compare to some classic stars.

For actors like Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, they have become synonymous with the Western genre and started their careers in it.

Dale Robertson, the star of scores of Hollywood Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 89 in Southern California, Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla said on Thursday.