Merle Haggard | 1937-2016
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Through it all, the songs still flowed.
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The death of Merle Haggard on Wednesday marked the end of an era, or at least a piece of an era.
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Country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, who died Wednesday, insisted that American country songwriting was an “art form.”
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Merle Haggard’s songs always seemed to channel the people he sang for through his 79 years: blue-collar workers, prison inmates, forlorn lovers and everyday Americans looking for signs of reassurance or stability as their world changed around them.
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Outlaw country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard, who has died at the age of 79, had more than 100 songs reach the Billboard charts and achieved nine consecutive No. 1 country singles during the height of his popularity.
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One of the more moving sentiments that circulated around the Internet shortly after David Bowie died last month read, “If you are sad, just remember that the Earth is more than 4 billion years old, and you managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.”
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Veteran country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard has rebounded from his recent bout with double pneumonia, and will play some of the shows his illness forced him to postpone, including a date Thursday, Feb. 11, in Beverly Hills with Kris Kristofferson.
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An Appreciation: Country music legend Merle Haggard remembers his mentor Ray Price with pride and fondness — except for that rooster, maybe.
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The death of country music legend Merle Haggard is inspiration to revisit some of the artist’s insight into the world, via his own words.
