May 1 (UPI) -- Rodeo Hall-of-Famer Roy Cooper, 69, died in his North Texas home that was engulfed in a fire Tuesday evening. A fire was reported at Cooper's home near Decatur at 7:08 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Wise County confirmed on Wednesday.

Cooper was also remembered in a tribute from the National Cowboy Museum, which remembered him as “a true game-changer in tie-down roping, from his rookie year in 1976, when he won his first world title, to becoming the first cowboy to earn $2 million in ProRodeo history.”