Slim Whitman was born on 20 January 1923 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was married to Alma Geraldine "Jerry" Crist. He died on 19 June 2013 in Orange Park, Florida, USA.
Outside of country fandom, Whitman is, arguably, best known for Tim Burton's use of a song of his in the 1996 sci-fi parody, Mars Attacks! (1996). Whitman's voice is discovered to be the secret weapon against the little green men.