Ed Bruce, 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies…' Songwriter, Dead at 81
Rolling Stone Menu Ed Bruce, ‘Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys’ Songwriter, Dead at 81 Country musician recorded several Top Ten hits, including “You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had” By Gems/Redferns/Getty Images Ed Bruce, the country singer-songwriter behind hits including “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” died Friday, January 8th in Clarksville, Tennessee, from natural causes, according to his publicist. He was 81. William Edwin Bruce Jr. was born December 29th, 1939, in Keiser, Arkansas, and raised in nearb...
Source: rollingstone.com