Jim Weatherly Songwriter Behind Gladys Knight s Midnight Train to Georgia Dies at 77 People 2/4/2021
Jim Weatherly has died. He was 77.
On Thursday, Charlie Monk, music publisher and family friend of the country singer-songwriter, confirmed to
The Tennessean that Weatherly died on Wednesday. A cause of death wasn t given. When I inducted Jim into the Songwriters Hall of Fame I said, This may be the most honorable human being I ve ever known, Monk, the mayor of Music Row, told the newspaper. He never had a cigarette in his mouth, he never had a taste of alcohol, he didn t chew (tobacco), he didn t cuss.
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After more than 20 years in the corporate world â at Vodafone, Virgin and Costa Coffee â Eleanor Tweddell found herself, at 40,
unemployed for the first time. Struggling to process the loss of a job she loved while applying for those in which she had no interest, Tweddell went into a tailspin.
Asked in interviews why she wanted the role, âI wished I could say: âI donât, I just need the money,ââ Tweddell says. âThat was all that was going through my head.â That was in December 2016. In 2020, with redundancies in the UK rising at the fastest rate since records began and the numbers set to peak at levels higher than during the 2008 financial crisis, many more people will find themselves in that desperately hard position.
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