Keith Whitley's widow, singer Lorrie Morgan, said she was struggling for the right words to include during her acceptance of his Country Music Hall of Fame medallion.
Garth Brooks has been advocating for Keith Whitley's membership into the Country Music Hall of Fame for years, so it was fitting that he did the honors.
"It is with heartfelt sadness and disappointment that I write to you today from my sickbed. .but I hope to see you all soon. To be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame is the highest honor in country music."
LORETTA LYNN, one of the classic female Country singers of all time, who ruled the charts in the ‘60s and ‘70s, racking up over 70 hits as a solo artist and duet partner and selling more than 45 million albums worldwide , passed away peacefully in her sleep early this morning (10/4) at her home in HURRICANE MILLS, TN. She was 90 years old.Literally a “coal miner’s daughter” – as her song, autobiography and 1980 biopic stated – LYNN helped forge a path .