https://freerepublic.com/tag/gilley/ en-us Sun, 8 May 2022 13:15:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4061425/posts Country star Mickey Gilly, whose eponymous Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86 years old. Gilly died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilly Grand Shanghai Theater. He was performing recently like last month, but from last one week health was going bad. According to a statement from Mickey Gilly Associates, “he passed away peacefully with his family and close friends.” Gilly – a cousin of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis – opened Gilly, “the world’s biggest honky tonk” in Pasadena,... worldnationnews https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4061425/posts#comment Sun, 8 May 2022 13:15:47 GMT