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George Jones, Admired and Imitated Country Singer, Dies at 81
« on: April 26, 2013, 2105 UTC »
Full story (long): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/arts/music/george-jones-country-singer-dies-at-81.html?hp&_r=0

George Jones, Admired and Imitated Country Singer, Dies at 81
By JON PARELES
Published: April 26, 2013

George Jones, the definitive country singer of the last half-century, whose songs about heartbreak and hard drinking echoed his own turbulent life, died on Friday in Nashville. He was 81.

His publicists, Webster & Associates, said he died at a hospital after being admitted there on April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure.

Mr. Jones — nicknamed Possum for his close-set eyes and pointed nose and later No-Show Jones for the concerts he missed during drinking and drug binges — was universally respected and just as widely imitated. With a baritone voice that was as elastic as a steel-guitar string, he found vulnerability and doubt behind the cheerful drive of honky-tonk and brought suspense to every syllable, merging bluesy slides with the tight, quivering ornaments of Appalachian singing.

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Re: George Jones, Admired and Imitated Country Singer, Dies at 81
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2013, 2107 UTC »
Sorry to hear this I always enjoyed his music.
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Re: George Jones, Admired and Imitated Country Singer, Dies at 81
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2013, 1848 UTC »
I guess he really did stop loving her today.

RIP No Show.
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