Thursday, April 7, 2016

Merle Haggard Has Passed Away

Merle Haggard passed away yesterday on his 79th birthday after a bout with double pneumonia. Haggard had thirty-eight of his singles hit number one on the Billboard country chart, and he had seventy-one top ten hits overall. He is survived by sister Lillian, his wife Theresa Ann, and children Jenessa, Ben, Dana, Kelli, Marty, and Noel. Read his full obituary at the New York Times.

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