He was borned on a mountaintop in Tennessee (greenest state--in a Teddy Roosevelt sense--in the Land of the Free), and died right about the time Jim Henson introduced "Ernie and Bert" (possibly on The Ed Sullivan Show, unsure). He is buried next to Henry Ford. The casket weighed 16 tons.
Ernie Pyle was shot by Japanese machine gun fire on Ie Shima.
Ernie Toshack died in 2003.
Ernie Farrow died in 1969.
Ernie Hayes died in 1953.
Ernie Courtney died on 1920-02-29.
Ernie Pitts died in 1970.
Jesse Hill Ford died on June 1, 1996, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA of suicide.
Ernie Pyle was shot by Japanese machine gun fire on Ie Shima.
Ernie Royal died in 1983.
Ernie Bonelli died in 2009.
Ernie Butler died in 2007.
Ernie Stevenson died in 1970.
Ernie Elliott died in 1972.
Ernie Whittam died in 1951.
Ernie Whittle died in 1998.
Ernie Quinn died in 1992.
Ernie Thornton died in 1969.