Country For Old Men (And Women)

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Country music musician and songwriter and manager Eddie Pleasant is feeling unpleasant.  Dead in fact. He was 95.

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On 01/09/2022 at 00:02, mollyafox said:

Country singer Luke Bell has been found dead after vanishing earlier this month. Apparently he had severe bipolar disorder and it wasn't the first time he went missing. 

Luke Bell's death was from an accidental fentanyl overdose, according to the autopsy.

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Singer, pianist and producer Anita Kerr died at 94 years:

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/anita-kerr-dead-backup-chorale-singers-country-pop-1235399733/

She was known for being the founder of the critically-acclaimed vocal group The Anita Kerr Singers. With the group, she recorded more than thirty albums from the 50's to the 70's.

She won back-to-back Grammy Awards for Best Performance by a Vocal Group for We Dig Mancini in 1965 and A Man and A Woman in 1966.

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Singer and guitarist Don Edwards, known for his Western-themed music, died at 86 years:

https://signalscv.com/2022/10/beloved-cowboy-singer-don-edwards-dies-at-86/

His popular albums include Songs of the Cowboy and Saddle Songs.

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Patrick Haggerty, who led Lavender Country, has died. According to a statement posted to the band’s official social media pages, the 78-year-old activist and musician died on Monday (October 31) after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.

https://pitchfork.com/news/lavender-countrys-patrick-haggerty-dies-at-78/

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2 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:

Patrick Haggerty, who led Lavender Country, has died. According to a statement posted to the band’s official social media pages, the 78-year-old activist and musician died on Monday (October 31) after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.

https://pitchfork.com/news/lavender-countrys-patrick-haggerty-dies-at-78/

 

 

REALLY sad, true pioneer, the first Lavender Country album 49 years ago was brave and ground-breaking, being a full-on gay country collection with titles like Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears and Back in the Closet Again

 

 

[Summer in Transylvania 882]

Jake Flint, Country Singer, dead at 37, just hours after his wedding.

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Jess Barr, 46, guitarist for alt-country band Slobberbone https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/slobberbone-jess-barr-obit/

Also, owner of Twilite Lounge in Dallas and Fort Worth.

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Peter Cooper, a Nashville singer, journalist and Country Hall of Fame executive, has died. He was 52.

 

https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/peter-cooper-dead-country-nashville-journalist-singer-hall-fame-1235453101/

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LeAnn Rimes having to postpone her tour due to bleeding on her vocal chords

[Sir Creep 5,954]

Stan Hitchcock was one of the founders of Country Music Television, or CMT. He also headed the Nashville operations for the cable channel for nine years until it was sold to Gaylord Entertainment.

In his earlier performing days, he signed to Columbia Records, but failed to find much traction as a recording artist. He fared slightly better after signing with Epic in 1967, including his biggest hit, “Honey I’m Home” that notched #17 on the country charts in 1969.

Stan Hitchcock authored a book in 2009 called At The Corner of Music Row an Memory Lane about his life and country music. Hitchcock passed away on January 4th. He was 86 years old.
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Gordon Edwards Burns aka Country Boy Eddie, an Alabama TV personality and early supporter of the likes of Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Emmylou Harris, has died. He was 92.

 

https://deadline.com/2023/01/country-boy-eddie-dead-alabama-tv-star-who-gave-dolly-parton-tammy-wynette-chance-was-92-obituary-1235221916/

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Kyle Jacobs, a country music songwriter and the husband of country singer Kellie Pickler, has died. He was 49. Jacobs died by suicide.

 

https://people.com/music/kellie-pickler-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-apparent-suicide/