Dec 21 2020 08:00 PM | David Youngs in Minnesota Twins
The music world came to a stop last Sunday when country music legend Charley Pride passed away at the age of 86 from COVID complications. Pride was a remarkable trailblazer in the music world but also had deep baseball roots and a unique relationship with Harmon Killebrew.
Image courtesy of Courtesy of Flickr/Tyler Neu, LincolnAvenue The corners of Harmon Killebrew’s smile widened as he jovially tapped his hand along to the beat of the music. Not from Paul Schaeffer’s band, but to the soulful voice of Charley Pride singing into David Letterman’s phone, live on national television.