December 17, 2013
Legendary singer Ray Price passes following premature reports of death
Ray Price, one of country music's most beloved voices, died at home Monday afternoon at the age of 87. Price had been hospitalized in Texas recently, and had been fighting a battle against pancreatic cancer since late last year. On Thursday, the singer entered hospice care, leaving a message to fans: "I am at peace. I love Jesus. I'm going to be just fine. Don't worry about me. I'll see you again one day."
On Sunday, social media reported that Price had died, after Price's son, Cliff, wrote on Facebook that he had "heard" his father had passed. Later, he took the post down and said he had been "deceived by some cruel people."
Price's musical career spanned some 65 years, and his recordings stand among the most versatile in the format's history -- ranging from honky-tonk to western swing to a more lush sound in the 1960s that brought him some of the biggest hits of his career. His charted over 100 songs including "Crazy Arms", "Release Me", "Night Life" and "For The Good Times", and is credited with giving Willie Nelson a start in his Cherokee Cowboys band.
On Sunday, social media reported that Price had died, after Price's son, Cliff, wrote on Facebook that he had "heard" his father had passed. Later, he took the post down and said he had been "deceived by some cruel people."
Price's musical career spanned some 65 years, and his recordings stand among the most versatile in the format's history -- ranging from honky-tonk to western swing to a more lush sound in the 1960s that brought him some of the biggest hits of his career. His charted over 100 songs including "Crazy Arms", "Release Me", "Night Life" and "For The Good Times", and is credited with giving Willie Nelson a start in his Cherokee Cowboys band.
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