The episode honors his legacy in its final moments when Rip visits Billy Klapper’s workshop in Pampa, Texas. The legendary spurmaker also gifts a pair of spurs to Rip. While tal

Billy Klapper, a renowned spur maker, was part of the Yellowstone team. He was remembered on the show after passing away in 2024, leaving a lasting legacy.

The loriner who gave Rip Wheeler a pair of spurs in the mid-season premiere of Yellowstone is a true Western legend: Billy Klapper

If you didn’t pick it up during the scene, a tribute at the end of the episode that reads “In Loving Memory of Billy Klapper” should clue you in. Klapper was a real-life spur maker for over six decades in Texas. Before his passing just this past September, he was one of the few remaining steel artists of his caliber left in the country.

At the end of Season 5, Episode 9, “Desire Is All You Need,” the words “In loving memory of Billy Klapper” flashed on-screen, leaving fans of Taylor Sheridan’s hit Weste

The "Yellowstone" premiere on Sunday night contained not one, but two upsetting deaths. However, only one of them happened in real life (Mild spoilers ahead for "Yellowstone" Season 5, Episode 9). Part of "Desire Is All You Need" followed Rip (Cole Hauser) as he travelled to a loriner to pick up a horse bit for Lloyd (Forrie J.

Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 continues to focus on the adventurous journey of the Dutton Cowboys. One of the major talking points among fans is a man named Billy Klapper. So, who is Klapper, and why is he given a tribute in Yellowstone Season 5?

One of those could very well be "Who is Billy Ray Klapper?" There was a title card dedicating the episode to him, which puzzled viewers who didn't know him as a member of the cast. Additionally, he wasn't a member of the crew,