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- Birth nameWilliam Jake Copass
- Jake Copass was born on April 18, 1920 in Dickens County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Forced to Kill (1994). He was married to LaVerne Cox. He died on June 9, 2006 in Santa Ynez, California, USA.
- SpouseLaVerne Cox(1944 - May 28, 1988) (her death, 2 children)
- A fixture at the Alisal Guest Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California, Jake Copass was a noted horse trainer, as well as a farrier, saddler, storyteller, author and poet; he was a regular at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. He served in World War II as a Staff Sergeant in a Army Cavalry Veterinary Corps unit where he supervised a mule train carrying supplies through rough terrain in order to attack the Japanese.
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