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Charley Pride, who played baseball for the Missoula Timberjacks and the East Helena Smelterites in the 1960s before becoming the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 86.Â
Pride died Saturday in Dallas of complications from COVID-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media.
Pride released dozens of albums and sold more than 25 million records during a career that began in the mid-1960s. Hits besides âKiss an Angel Good Morningâ in 1971 included âIs Anybody Goinâ to San Antone,â âBurgers and Fries,â âMountain of Love,â and âSomeone Loves You Honey.â