{"id":19767,"date":"2013-04-26T14:28:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=19767"},"modified":"2013-04-26T14:28:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T14:28:49","slug":"terrible-news-george-jones-has-just-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/26\/terrible-news-george-jones-has-just-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrible News George Jones Has Just Died, Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George Jones Dies Today Very Very Sad News For Us All<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am in tears as we just heard on Fox news that our Country Hero George Jones has just died. I have never felt this way about a Music artists since Elvis died. This is sad, sad news I am sure the Country Music world is in tears right now. To hear more about George’s passing please watch your local news.<\/p>\n

A Comment to the organizers of the November Sold Out Show in NASHVILLE<\/p>\n

PLEASE DONT CANCEL\u00a0IT, IT WILL BE A GREAT TRIBUTE TO OUR HERO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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More news just in Aol:<\/p>\n

Country music legend George Jones has died at the age of 81.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jones died on Friday <\/a>after he was hospitalized in Nashville, Tenn., with a fever and irregular blood pressure, according to TMZ. A cause of death has not been identified.<\/p>\n

Jones was hospitalized on Thursday<\/a>, April 18, and had to cancel concerts in Atlanta and Salem, Va., according to Billboard. He was in the middle of his yearlong goodbye tour, which was set to conclude in November in Nashville. Over the last year, he has had to cancel other appearances due to health issues.<\/p>\n

A message about Jones’ passing<\/a> was posted on the website of his publicists, Webster & Associates<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and Kennedy Center Honoree George Glenn Jones died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure.Nashville, Tenn. (April 26,\u00a02013) \u2013\u00a0Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and Kennedy Center Honoree George Glenn Jones died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure.Born September 12, 1931, Jones is regarded among the most important and influential singers in American popular music history. He was the singer of enduring country music hits including \u201cShe Thinks I Still Care,\u201d \u201cThe Grand Tour,\u201d \u201cWalk Through This World With Me,\u201d \u201cTender Years\u201d and \u201cHe Stopped Loving Her Today,\u201d the latter of which is often at the top of industry lists of the greatest country music singles of all time.\u201cA singer who can soar from a deep growl to dizzying heights, he is the undisputed successor of earlier natural geniuses such as Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell,\u201d wrote Bob Allen in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum\u2019s \u201cEncyclopedia of Country Music.\u201dJones was born in Saratoga, Texas, and he played on the streets of Beaumont for tips as a teenager.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"George-Jones\"He served in the U.S. Marine Corps before returning to Texas and recording for the Starday label in Houston, Texas. In 1955, his \u201cWhy Baby Why\u201d became his first Top 10 country single, peaking at number four and beginning a remarkable commercial string: Jones would ultimately record more than 160 charting singles, more than any other artist in any format in the history of popular music.Jones\u2019 first number one hit came in 1959 with \u201cWhite Lightning,\u201d a Mercury Records single that topped Billboard country charts for five weeks.He moved on to United Artists and then to Musicor, notching hits including \u201cShe Thinks I Still Care,\u201d \u201cThe Race Is On,\u201d \u201cA Good Year for the Roses\u201d and \u201cWalk Through This World With Me.\u201dJones signed with Epic Records in 1971 and worked with producer Billy Sherrill to craft a sound at once elegant and rooted, scoring with \u201cThe Grand Tour,\u201d \u201cBartenders Blues\u201d and many more. Sherrill also produced duets between Jones and his then-wife Tammy Wynette, and in the 1970s they scored top-charting hits including \u201cWe\u2019re Gonna Hold On,\u201d \u201cGolden Ring\u201d and \u201cNear You.\u201dBy the time \u201cGolden Ring\u201d and \u201cNear You\u201d hit in 1976, Jones and Wynette were divorced, and Jones was battling personal demons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He signed with MCA Records in 1990 and began a successful run, and he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992. His guest vocal on Patty Loveless\u2019 \u201cYou Don\u2019t Seem To Miss Me\u201d won a CMA award for top vocal event in 1998, and it became his final Top 20 country hit.In 1999, Jones nearly died in a car wreck, but he recovered and resumed touring and recording. He remained a force in music until his death, playing hundreds of shows in the new century and collecting the nation\u2019s highest arts award, the Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime achievement, in 2008.In late 2012, Jones announced his farewell tour, which was to conclude with a sold-out, star-packed show at Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena on November 22, 2013. Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Rogers,\u00a0Sam Moore, The Oak Ridge Boys and many others were set to perform at Jones\u2019 Bridgestone show.Jones is survived by his loving wife of 30 years Nancy Jones, his sister Helen Scroggins, and by his children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George Jones Dies Today Very Very Sad News For Us All I am in tears as we just heard on Fox news that our Country Hero George Jones has just died. I have never felt this way about a Music artists since Elvis died. This is sad, sad news I am sure the Country Music world is in tears right now. To hear more about George’s passing please watch your local news. A Comment to the organizers of the November Sold Out Show in NASHVILLE PLEASE DONT CANCEL\u00a0IT, IT WILL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}