The three-time world champion steer wrestler and a member of the Rodeo Hall of Fame lived in Oakdale from 1956 to the early 1980s. Rodeo fans in the "Cowboy Capital of the World" were saddened when they learned that May died Tuesday in Santa Ana after a six-month fight with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). He was 82.
"Harley was a man's man. He had a strong work ethic and believed everyone should pull their own weight," said Lynn May, his wife of 18 years. "His passion was to take rodeo from a Wild West show to a professional athletic event. He was a true all-around cowboy. There was nothing he could not do with livestock."
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