Charley Pride has died. According to a press release from his representative, the country legend died on Saturday (Dec. 12) in Dallas, Texas of complications from COVID-19. He was 86 years old.
Born in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride became country music’s first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
He gave his final performance on Nov. 11, 2020, singing “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” during the CMA Awards show at Nashville’s Music City Center alongside Jimmie Allen.
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