visionary Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 https://variety.com/2020/music/news/kenny-rogers-dead-dies-1203541233/ Quote Country Music Icon Kenny Rogers Dies at 81 Vocalist Kenny Rogers, who dominated the pop and country charts in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of sleekly tailored hits and won three Grammys, has died. He was 81. Rogers “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family,” a representative for the singer said in a statement. Due to the national COVID-19 emergency, the family is planning a small private service at this time with a public memorial planned for a later date. Rogers had announced a farewell tour in 2015 and was able to keep it going through December 2017. In April 2018, shortly before he was to spend a few months finishing out the tour after a break, he announced that he was having to call off the remaining dates (including a planned appearance at the Stagecoach Festival in California), due to unspecified “health challenges.” “I didn’t want to take forever to retire,” Rogers said his April 2018 statement. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to say farewell to the fans over the course of the past two years on ‘The Gambler’s Last Deal’ tour. I could never properly thank them for the encouragement and support they’ve given me throughout my career and the happiness I’ve experienced as a result of that.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiskin Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 You've got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayAnd know when to runYou never count your moneyWhen you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin's done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Heck of a run. RIP Gambler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep...... RIP brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinss Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 My wife is a huge fan of his, she's seen him a bunch of times. We went to see him at the casino a few years ago on his farewell tour and she got to meet him and get a picture, then during the concert he looked for her and threw her a tambourine, it was pretty cool. She'll miss him a lot that's for sure. R.i.p. Kenny, true country legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 RIP the Gambler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler, he broke even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I enjoy his music. He certainly had a unique voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 7 hours ago, LadySkinsFan said: I enjoy his music. He certainly had a unique voice. I was gonna say, I think the gruffness complimented the silky smoothness of Dolly's in "Islands in the Stream". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town is a dark, achingly painful yet compelling song. The covers by The Killers and Cake are very good, but Rogers' original is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, Dan T. said: Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town is a dark, achingly painful yet compelling song. The covers by The Killers and Cake are very good, but Rogers' original is the best. Psst...not the original. From the info below the video you posted: Quote "Ruby" was originally recorded in 1967 by Johnny Darrell, who scored a number nine country hit with it that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, China said: Psst...not the original. From the info below the video you posted: Did not know that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c slag Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I remember watching the movie- Six-Pack ,where he played a race car driver who had kids from an orphanage as his pit crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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