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1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies
AP via Yahoo News ^ | 7/16/12 | JOE EDWARDS

Posted on 07/16/2012 1:52:33 PM PDT by Kartographer

Singer Kitty Wells, whose hits such as "Making Believe" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made her the first female superstar of country music, died Monday. She was 92.

The singer's family said she died peacefully at home after complications from a stroke.

Her solo recording career lasted from 1952 to the late 1970s and she made concert tours from the late 1930s until 2000. That year, she announced she was quitting the road, although she performed occasionally in Nashville and elsewhere afterward.

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KEYWORDS: countrymusic; honkeytonk; obituary; wells
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To: Patsygirl

Great performer. Great woman.

Lord, she’s coming home. Thanks for sharing her with us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR94_zFKqus&feature=related

Lew


21 posted on 07/16/2012 5:34:48 PM PDT by laterldf
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To: Kartographer

I had been thinking of her recently. It hasn’t been that long since her husband died, they were together personally and professionally for almost forever. One of their daughters died a few years ago. i was imagining how lonely her life now had to be.


22 posted on 07/16/2012 5:51:05 PM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Uncle Lonny
"Yep, she sang genuine country music. Not this crossover junk that you hear today."

Exactly so!

23 posted on 07/16/2012 6:46:45 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Kartographer; a fool in paradise

This evening Miss Kitty regrets as she finds out that it was after all God who made honky tonk angels!


24 posted on 07/16/2012 6:48:45 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Kartographer

She’s now with her friends in low places.


25 posted on 07/16/2012 6:51:28 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Kartographer

The Big Man this evening: “Here, Kitty, Kitty!”


26 posted on 07/16/2012 6:52:50 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Kartographer

So sad...RIP Kitty.


27 posted on 07/16/2012 6:56:51 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (No more RINOS!)
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To: Kartographer

RIP.


28 posted on 07/16/2012 8:57:14 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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