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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
by 
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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posted on 
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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posted on 
09/18/2014 8:02:56 PM PDT
by 
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 LBJs ugly daughters. Cant remember which one. (file photo)
 (file photo)
 
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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?)
 
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on 
09/18/2014 8:44:03 PM PDT
by 
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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posted on 
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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posted on 
09/18/2014 9:56:24 PM PDT
by 
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
 
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