After struggling with illness, country music star Kenny Rogers dies at the age of 81
Kenny Rogers, the American country music star with hits popular across the world, has died of natural causes at the age of 81 at his home in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
The husky voice and down-home narrative style of Rogers won him three Grammy awards and put him at the top of the American music business for more than four decades.
The tracks he made famous, such as Lucille and Islands in the Stream, have been karaoke standards for almost as long.
The singer grew up on an impoverished federal housing estate in Texas. He joined a number of bands in his youth, including Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, before he made it big as a solo artist in 1978.
Kenny Rogers, a famous American rock singer and country music (born August 21, 1938) in Houston, Texas, USA
A songwriter and photographer, he has released eight albums so far, and in a survey of a famous American website about the best 200 singers of all times, Kenny won first place in
1986 and he won many prizes throughout his artistic period, including the Grammy Awards Rogers in Texas, Houston, which is the fourth for seven Children born to a nurse and carpenter man have married Kenny five times so far.
Country music legend Kenny Rogers died Friday evening at his home, surrounded by his family.
Kenny was under hospice care at the time of his passing ... according to a rep for the singer, who also says Kenny died of natural causes.
The County Music Hall of Famer was known for his impressive string of hits that crossed over to top 40 pop hit radio. The biggest of his 60-year career include, "The Gambler," "Coward of the County," "Lucille," "Lady" and his #1 duet with Dolly Parton, "Islands in the Stream."
Kenny has had serious health issues in the past. Back in 2018, he had to cancel the remaining dates of his 'Gambler's Last Deal' farewell tour due to unspecified "health challenges."
When he was forced to cancel, Kenny joked, "I didn't want to take forever to retire."
The iconic singer was born and raised in Houston, and was the 4th of 8 children. He has 5 kids of his own, and got married 5 different times.
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