Merle Haggard dies at 79
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Legendary outlaw country music singer Merle Haggard died Wednesday.
He was 79.
The Tennessean reports that Haggard “had been in failing health for some time, leading to the diagnosis of double pneumonia and subsequent cancellation of several concert dates.”
Haggard’s career included 40 No. 1 country singles – including “Okie From Muskogee,” "Sing Me Back Home," "Hungry Eyes," "Workin' Man Blues" and "Mama Tried” – as well as writing “some of the genre’s most revered classics, which have been recorded by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, The Byrds, Vince Gill, The Grateful Dead, and countless others,” The Tennesseean said.
For more information, visit http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/06/merle-haggard-dead-at-age-79/81272486/.
He was 79.
The Tennessean reports that Haggard “had been in failing health for some time, leading to the diagnosis of double pneumonia and subsequent cancellation of several concert dates.”
Haggard’s career included 40 No. 1 country singles – including “Okie From Muskogee,” "Sing Me Back Home," "Hungry Eyes," "Workin' Man Blues" and "Mama Tried” – as well as writing “some of the genre’s most revered classics, which have been recorded by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, The Byrds, Vince Gill, The Grateful Dead, and countless others,” The Tennesseean said.
For more information, visit http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/06/merle-haggard-dead-at-age-79/81272486/.