Country singer Ricky Skaggs is on the mend following major heart surgery.
The 66-year-old star revealed in an interview with People Magazine that he was feeling good after undergoing a quadruple bypass in June at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Don t put off tomorrow what you can do today, Skaggs said, reflecting on his recovery. That surgery gave me a brand-new heart. Not only a real heart, but a spiritual heart that has now been cleaned out, so I can hear Him better than ever before.
Health scare: Country singer Ricky Skaggs is on the mend following major heart surgery and revealed in an interview with People Magazine that he was feeling good after undergoing a quadruple bypass in June
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Ricky Skaggs knew something was wrong. For more than six months, the country music and bluegrass legend found himself getting winded easily. He noticed a tightness in his chest that was never there before. And then, there was the shortness of breath that would hit him when he least expected it.
Maybe it was stress.
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Maybe it was acid reflux.
Or maybe, it was something far more serious.
But, much like the rest of us, the Country Music Hall of Famer didn t have much time to dwell on these troubling symptoms. He had much on his plate in 2020. After spending a good portion of January and February out doing shows, Skaggs and his crew found themselves off the road and without a paycheck due to various COVID-19 lockdowns starting in March. At home, Skaggs and his wife Sharon White had been busy caring for her elderly fathe
In Loving Memory of
1953 – 2020
Alice Faye Bradshaw Gaines, age 66, of Brentwood, Tennessee passed from this life on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Centennial Medical Center after a courageous 6 1/2-year battle with peritoneal cancer. Alice was born on December 21, 1953 in Lebanon Tennessee, the younger daughter of Charles Nelson Bradshaw and Willie Johnson Bradshaw.
Alice is survived by husband Dr. Donald Lee Gaines, sister Linda B. (James F.) Key, Lebanon, special cousin Bettye Jean Bradshaw Henderson of Tampa FL, additional cousins, fur children Bubba and Scooter, loving friends, neighbors, and members of the Robert I. Moore Sunday School Class at Brentwood United Methodist Church. She is predeceased by her beloved parents and fur children, Bouncer, Missy and Max.