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Another cultural icon and trailblazer has left this plane. Country Music Superstar and Legend Charley Pride has died from complications of Covid-19. He was 86.
From his website:
“Charley Pride, whose rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture, died Saturday, December 12, 2020, in Dallas, Texas of complications from Covid-19 at age 86.”
Pride’s family issued a statement on Facebook upon his death. It is a beautiful tribute to the legacy of family that Pride left behind:
“No person of color had ever done what he was doing.” Hootie and the Blowfish alum and country star in his own right Darius Rucker said in the PBS American Masters documentary,
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