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Feb 17, 2024 · He was arrested in 2005 and charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to strangle her, and shortly after, she was hospitalized after attempting suicide.
- Sterling Whitaker
- Fame Needs A Warning Label
- Naomi Judd
- Gary Stewart
- Mindy Mccready
- Tom T. Hall
Country music has always been comprised of heartbreak, drinking, and done-me-wrong songs. However, no one could anticipate the in-real-life deep sorrow caused by the self-inflicted deaths of some of the genre's legends and up-and-coming hit makers. Country music is a tough business that seems to churn through talent quicker than a spin around the d...
In 2022, five-time Grammy Award-winning country musician Naomi Judd died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was one half of the mother-daughter duo The Judds. She died the day before they were scheduled to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. They were also slated to go on tour shortly. Formed in 1983, The Judds took Nashville by st...
At the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, country singer Gary Stewart was dubbed the "King of Honky Tonk." Some call him the first outlaw country singer. He was influenced by Southern rock and known for his emotionalism, quavery voice, and rockabilly style of song making. While critics loved him, many fans found him too country for rock and too r...
The troubled life of country songbird Mindy McCready was a train wreck that ended in disaster. Most devastating is that two children and a dog got tied up in the singer's mess when her life completely went off the rails. McCready was a sassy platinum blonde flash-in-the pan who made a splash on the country scene with hits like: 1. "Ten Thousand Ang...
When Tom T. Hall died in 2021 at the age of 86, he was a country legend. This one especially hurts, as this man wrote such feel-good, simple songs. The public assumed that Hall's death was due to natural causes because of his advanced age and the fact that his family offered up few details surrounding his passing.8 (You know what they say about nev...
Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her troubled personal life and suicide attempts and her eventual death by suicide.
Country music star Kellie Pickler, 37, has finally broken her silence six months after her husband of 12 years, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, died by suicide at 49 on Feb. 17, 2023.
The country music world reeled in shock over the weekend when long-troubled singer Mindy McCready apparently committed suicide on Sunday, one month after her boyfriend David Wilson allegedly...
At just 34 years old (possibly 33), Whitely succumbed to his alcohol abuse, dying in his bed of alcohol poisoning, with a blood alcohol level of .47. His wife, fellow country singer Lorrie...
Keith Anderson (born January 12, 1968) is an American country music artist. Before signing to a record deal, Anderson was one of several co-writers on "Beer Run (B Double E Double R-U-N)", a duet by Garth Brooks and George Jones , released in late 2001.
