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  • Country Legend Charley Pride Dies of COVID-19 Complications at 86

    12/12/2020 3:08:05 PM PST · by DoodleDawg · 33 replies
    People via MSN ^ | 12/12/20 | Ally Mauch
    Country legend Charley Pride — cited as an early pioneer for Black musicians in country music — died on Saturday in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 86 due to complications from COVID-19, a statement on his website confirmed. With top hits including “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” and “Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone,” Pride became the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. He was born in Mississippi in 1934 as the son of a sharecropper. After a brief time serving in the Army and some unsuccessful attempts at becoming a professional baseball...