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Merle Haggard, 79
« on: April 06, 2016, 1857 UTC »
Merle Haggard, the prolific singer-songwriter who sang of his law-breaking Bakersfield youth and penned a seemingly effortless stream of natural, storytelling lyrics with vast popular appeal — more than 100 of his songs made the Billboard charts — died Wednesday at his home near Redding, said his spokeswoman Tresa Redburn. He was 79.

“I’m very sorry to say it’s true,” Haggard’s spokeswoman Tresa Redburn told The Times on Wednesday. She said no cause of death has been determined. Haggard, who died on his birthday, had been in and out of the hospital in recent months battling pneumonia.
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Offline Oliver

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Re: Merle Haggard, 79
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2016, 1913 UTC »
No more "Okie From Muskogee", :'(
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Re: Merle Haggard, 79
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2016, 2249 UTC »
"Mama Tried"
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Re: Merle Haggard, 79
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2016, 0656 UTC »
His story about tunneling through the wall of a bar to rob it at the age of 14 was my favorite. He and his partner in crime were shocked to see the place full of people. The two young fella's didn't know how late bars stayed open.
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