Merle Haggard: Life in pictures

Merle Haggard sits on his bus with Fanny Mae before performing at the Stagecoach Music Festival in 2010.

Merle Haggard performs at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Feb. 11, 2016.

Kris Kristofferson encourages the band as he performs with Merle Haggard, left, at the Saban Theatre this year.

Merle Haggard accepts the ACM Crystal Milestone Award during the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 6, 2014.

Merle Haggard poses with wife Theresa and son Ben at the 2014 Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Jan. 26, 2014.

Merle Haggard performs with Blake Shelton, right, at the 2014 Grammys.

Merle Haggard poses at his ranch at Palo Cedro, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2007.

Merle Haggard smiles during a May 28, 2003, news conference at the National Museum of American History in Washington, where he and his sister Lillian Haggard Hoge donated belongings taken on their family’s Dust Bowl-era move from Oklahoma to California.

Merle Haggard on his property in Palo Cedro in January 2009.

The country singer during a photo shoot at the Muddy Moose Bar at the Sportsmen’s Lodge Event Center in 2004.

Merle Haggard with a map at a 1985 news conference for the U.S.A. for America tour.

Merle Haggard in concert at Anaheim Stadium in 1980.

Merle Haggard, right, and then Times writer Robert Hilburn at Anaheim Stadium in October 1980.

Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Glen Campbell perform on a TV show in the mid-1970s.

Merle Haggard performs with Johnny Cash on “The Johnny Cash Show” on Aug. 2, 1969.