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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." ...
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: abilene; countryandwestern; countrymusic; georgehamiltoniv; grandoleopry; nashville; obituary
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To: EveningStar
Good guy...he’ll be missed.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:42:40 PM PDT
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TomServo
To: TomServo
He made it two years past the new federal Emanuel death clock. Good for him.
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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.)
To: TomServo
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09/18/2014 6:45:10 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
To: blackdog
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:46:00 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: blackdog
I do have a new goal in death...
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:46:23 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: TomServo
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:03:59 PM PDT
by
6323cd
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.
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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.)
To: wally_bert
Fortunately, that George Hamilton is still alive at 75.:)
To: EveningStar
With Syria in the news, this tune by George Hamilton about a place near Damascus sounds very timely today.
Abilene (1963)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
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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)
To: EveningStar
He dated one of LBJ’s ugly daughters. Can’t remember which one.
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09/18/2014 8:02:56 PM PDT
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bimboeruption
(REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI!)
To: TomServo
And the name of backup band? (It was clever).
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posted on
09/18/2014 8:04:07 PM PDT
by
re_nortex
(DP - that's what I like about Texas)
To: bimboeruption; GeronL
He dated one of LBJ’s ugly daughters. Can’t remember which one.
(file photo)
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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?)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
09/18/2014 8:44:03 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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.
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09/18/2014 8:51:32 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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
To: EveningStar
George Hamilton is OK. I forgive him for his tan.
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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.)
To: a fool in paradise
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09/18/2014 9:56:24 PM PDT
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Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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