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Country Legend George Hamilton IV Dead at 77
Rolling Stone ^ | September 18, 2014 | Stephen L. Betts

Posted on 09/18/2014 6:39:22 PM PDT by EveningStar

George Hamilton IV, whose gentle demeanor and soothing folk-country vocal style earned him worldwide acclaim, died Wednesday (September 17th) at a Nashville hospital, following a heart attack which he suffered on Saturday. He was 77.

A 50-year veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, Hamilton was known as the "International Ambassador of Country Music," having toured successfully throughout Europe, Asia, the Soviet Union and Australia...

In 1963, he scored his greatest success with "Abilene." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at rollingstone.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: abilene; countryandwestern; countrymusic; georgehamiltoniv; grandoleopry; nashville; obituary
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Abilene

No, not that George Hamilton:


1 posted on 09/18/2014 6:39:22 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Good guy...he’ll be missed.


2 posted on 09/18/2014 6:42:40 PM PDT by TomServo
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He made it two years past the new federal Emanuel death clock. Good for him.


3 posted on 09/18/2014 6:44:00 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: TomServo

RIP


4 posted on 09/18/2014 6:45:10 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: blackdog

Good point. For those that missed it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3205561/posts


5 posted on 09/18/2014 6:46:00 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: blackdog

I do have a new goal in death...


6 posted on 09/18/2014 6:46:23 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: TomServo
This song always makes me think of my Mom, a proud Canadian.
7 posted on 09/18/2014 7:03:59 PM PDT by 6323cd
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To: EveningStar

Never knew the “man with a tan” to be much on the country music scene.

Loved him in the short lived series S*P*I*E*S.


8 posted on 09/18/2014 7:08:04 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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Fortunately, that George Hamilton is still alive at 75.:)
9 posted on 09/18/2014 7:14:05 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
With Syria in the news, this tune by George Hamilton about a place near Damascus sounds very timely today.

Abilene (1963)

10 posted on 09/18/2014 7:34:23 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: EveningStar
The Teen Commandments--George Hamilton IV, Paul Anka and Johnny Nash (1958)
11 posted on 09/18/2014 7:36:52 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: EveningStar

I loved him.


12 posted on 09/18/2014 7:52:27 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: EveningStar

He dated one of LBJ’s ugly daughters. Can’t remember which one.


13 posted on 09/18/2014 8:02:56 PM PDT by bimboeruption (REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI!)
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To: TomServo

And the name of backup band? (It was clever).


14 posted on 09/18/2014 8:04:07 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: bimboeruption; GeronL
He dated one of LBJ’s ugly daughters. Can’t remember which one.

(file photo)

15 posted on 09/18/2014 8:37:50 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: a fool in paradise

lolz


16 posted on 09/18/2014 8:44:03 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: bimboeruption

Lynda Bird Johnson.

I was walking to jr high school one morning and she drove past me in a blue Corvette. There was no mistaking her, she looked just like her picture and she had two sedans of Secret Service flanking her front and back. Life in the fishbowl.


17 posted on 09/18/2014 8:51:32 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: EveningStar

oh man ya’ scared me there for a min!
Joan Rivers was self-deprecating in her plastic surgery but when THAT George Hamilton goes he’s going to be the Tupperware King


18 posted on 09/18/2014 9:01:46 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: EveningStar

George Hamilton is OK. I forgive him for his tan.


19 posted on 09/18/2014 9:38:04 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: a fool in paradise



President Exercises Pressmen (1964) ( 2:19 )

20 posted on 09/18/2014 9:56:24 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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