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Crossover country superstar Kenny Rogers dies at 81
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| 21/3/20
Posted on 03/21/2020 10:20:28 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as Lucille, Lady and Islands in the Stream and embraced his persona as The Gambler on records and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81.
He died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, representative Keith Hagan told The Associated Press. He was under hospice care and died of natural causes, Hagan said.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: 81; dead; deadagain; kennyrogers; legend
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Sandy Springs in Atlanta, or a separate Sandy Springs town? I spent the better part of a year in the former.
To: Eleutheria5
Since people supposedly die in 3’s, I’m putting my money on Willie Nelson and Clint Eastwood.
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:29:51 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: Eleutheria5
Outstanding entertainer!
Kenny worked his way up from poverty and always kept that common touch.
RIP
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:30:32 AM PDT
by
CharleysPride
( Richard Burr's DC office number for your convenience: (202) 224-3154)
To: Eleutheria5
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:33:12 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Eleutheria5
I remember the parody skits on MadTV with Will Zasso.
RIP
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:36:46 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
To: Old Yeller
Too afraid to go for the big odds by picking Keith Richards I see... LOL!
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:40:59 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
To: Old Yeller
Nah - Jimmy Page and William Shatner. Page by heart attack; Shatner’s ego will finally explode.
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:42:55 AM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Buck-buck-buck-buuuuuck....Chicken-mannnn! (He's everywhere! He's everywhere!)
To: Eleutheria5
Sorry to hear this. I liked his music.
I always thought he sang this song, but it was Hoyt Axton:
‘Della and the Dealer’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkqiT50mKow
“If that cat could talk what tales he’d tell about Della and the Dealer and the dog as well...but the cat was cool and he never said a mumblin’ word.”
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:45:37 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Eleutheria5
He sang some good tunes. RIP Kenny.
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:46:26 AM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)
To: Eleutheria5
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:47:19 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
To: central_va
My cousin posted on FB “He picked a fine time to leave us.” Pretty sure y’all are both going to hell. (kidding)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Della and the Dealer was first sung by Hoyt on “WKRP IN Cincinnati.”
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:55:22 AM PDT
by
Luke21
To: TropicanaRose
oops, that was supposed to be directed to the “He knew when to fold em” post - sorry!
To: Eleutheria5
He was huge in the 70’s when I was a kid. Sang a song about gang rape. Weird stuff.
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:56:42 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: TropicanaRose
He was the poster boy for cosmetic surgery gone bad.
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:58:02 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
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To: Old Yeller
Since people supposedly die in 3s, Im putting my money on Willie Nelson and Clint Eastwood.Those guys are still pretty active so I wouldn't be concerned about them. I haven't heard from Kenny in quite a while so his passing was not a surprise. Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, I haven't heard much from either of them in a while. I'll put my money on them and throw in Bob Dylan as a long-shot pick.
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:59:20 AM PDT
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SamAdams76
(Trump (859); Slow Joe (527); Commie (476); Fake Indian (48); Drunken Weld (1))
To: Bob434
dang- photo was too large
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posted on
03/21/2020 10:59:21 AM PDT
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Bob434
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To: Old Yeller
Lyle Waggoner just died. Kenny is #2.
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posted on
03/21/2020 11:11:27 AM PDT
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peggybac
(Government is about force. It always has been about force.)
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