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Ed Bruce, the singer-songwriter best known for Mammas Don t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, passed away Friday (Jan. 8) in Clarksville, Tennessee from natural causes. He was 81 years old.
William Edwin Bruce Jr. was born on December 29, 1939 in Keiser, Arkansas. He grew up in Memphis, where he caught his first break as the teenage singer-songwriter behind
In the 60s, he became a songwriter for the stars after
Charlie Louvin( See the Big Man Cry ) found success with Bruce compositions. Around this same time, Bruce cut rockabilly sides for RCA, Wand and Scepter, including a charting version of