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A celebration of life service for the late Mickey Gilley is set for May 27, and fans will have the option of watching it stream live online.

A celebration of life service for the late Mickey Gilley is set for May 27, and fans will have the option of watching it stream live online.

A celebration of life service for the late Mickey Gilley is set for May 27, and fans will have the option of watching it stream live online.

NEW YORK — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86.

Mickey Gilley, who shot to country stardom with a string of iconic hits and helped launch the Urban Cowboy craze of the 1980s, has died.

Country hitmaker and bar owner Mickey Gilley died at age 86 over the weekend. In 1971 he launched the honky-to...

Gilley's club was the setting for the 1980 John Travolta film "Urban Cowboy."

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86.

Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month but was in failing health over the past week.

Mr. Gilley, who had more than 30 chart-topping records, owned a Texas nightclub that was behind a country music revival.