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Kenny Rogers, country music icon, dies at 81.
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| 3.21.2020
| Dom Calicchio
Posted on 03/21/2020 5:01:04 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
Kenny Rogers, a longtime star of country music, died Friday night, according to a statement posted by his family. He was 81. Known for such hits as “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Islands in the Stream,” and “Lucille,” Rogers died peacefully at home in Sandy Springs, Ga., of natural causes at 10:25 p.m., the statement said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; composer; country; countrymusic; kennyrogersobit; music; singer; western
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Another music legend gone. RIP, Kenny.
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:04:54 AM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:04:59 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: carriage_hill
RIP Kenny. I guess he folded ‘em.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:05:40 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: carriage_hill
Guy put on a great concert. Saw him numerous times. He’ll be missed.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:07:45 AM PDT
by
redangus
To: redangus
Loved Kenny Rogers.
Fave song....”The Gambler” and “Islands in the Stream” with Dolly Parton.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:09:29 AM PDT
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Fishtalk
To: carriage_hill
The soon-to-be mrs. jimfree and I saw Kenny at the Missouri State Fair in 1978. He was touring and introducing The Gambler. Nashville Brass opened in this concert that had a $4 ticket. Cheap date and great value.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:15:18 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
To: carriage_hill
I remember his commercial for a “learn to play guitar” booklet.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:15:37 AM PDT
by
albie
To: jimfree
“...soon-to-be mrs. jimfree...”
Congratulations!
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:19:20 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: redangus
You’re lucky. All his concerts were sell-outs; I never could get to see him, other than TV.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:20:36 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
Lots of simple, cheesy 1980s songs ... but I loved that so many of them had great life lessons in them.
“The Gambler,” “The Coward of the County,” and “The Greatest” all had great examples of this.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:23:14 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules; I never could and still never do.")
To: Fishtalk
Two of my favorites, also.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:23:18 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Fiji Hill
I remember that song from some “sock hops” back in the early 60s, in high school.
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03/21/2020 5:24:50 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Alberta's Child
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:25:34 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Fishtalk
To: carriage_hill
My first concert after returning from Army service in West Germany in 1981 was Kenny Rogers with comedian Gallagher as the opening act. RIP...thanks for the songs & the memories.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:27:39 AM PDT
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T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: carriage_hill
A well-timed passing: “Ruby, don’t take corona to town”
To: hardspunned
Some real good music, there.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:35:15 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Terry L Smith
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:35:48 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
And don’t forget the chicken 🐔
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:40:59 AM PDT
by
littleharbour
("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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