page_title: Earle Graser
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Earle Graser / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Botsford-Graser House and gardens historic site — at 24105 Locust Street, Farmington Hills, Michigan. A historical marker down the road from the house on the adjacent Oakwood Cemetery explains that the house was once owned by Earle Graser, the original voice of the 'Lone Ranger' character on the radio. The building is a Registered Michigan State Historic Site.
context_page_description: Earle Graser was an American radio actor at radio station WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan. He was best known as the voice of the Lone Ranger from April 1933 to April 1941.
context_section_description: On April 8, 1941, Graser was killed in Farmington, Michigan, when his car crashed into a parked truck trailer on Grand River Avenue in front of a Methodist church. It was surmised that he had fallen asleep at the wheel while on his way from the WXYZ studios in Detroit where he had completed three performances. He was survived by his widow, Jeanne, and a 15-month-old daughter, Gabrielle. By that time, he had voiced the Lone Ranger approximately 13,000 times and had some 15 million listeners in several countries, including New Zealand, Mexico, Canada and locations in South America. After his death, Graser's role as the Lone Ranger finally became widely publicized. 
  He was buried in Detroit's Grand Lawn Cemetery. 	
  In 2002 his home was designated as a site on the National Register of Historic Places. The marker reads --
  
                
  Site on the National Register of Historic Places
  
            On the hillside north of this cemetery was the home of
            Earle Graser and his wife Jean.
  
            Earle Graser (1909–1941) Radio’s Original "Lone Ranger"
   
  
            Few people knew Earle by his given name. Millions knew him as the
            voice of radio theatres first great character – the Lone Ranger – 
            from 1933 to 1941
  
            Earle resided here until his death in a tragic auto accident a few
            blocks down Grand River.
  
             May we remember him with a hearty  "HI Yo Silver Away"
  Beemer took over as the voice of The Lone Ranger from 1941 to the end of the series in 1955.
  Most of Earle Graser's performances came before the use of transcription disks and modern audiences better remember his successor's in the role of the Lone Ranger. However, his voice continued to be heard. The radio and television series continued using his recorded voice for the famous "Hi Yo, Silver" shout.
caption: Botsford-Graser House Historic Site Farmington Hills Michigan
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