Country music legend Charley Pride (March 18th 1934 – December 12th 2020), one of the biggest selling country music artists of all time, has died today aged 86, from complications after a fight with the Covid-19 virus.
Winner of the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1971, top male vocalist prize in 1971 and again in 1972, together with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020, the music legend, during his carreer, landed 25, in all, Top 10 country hits.
Charley is survived by his wife Ebby Rozene Cohran Pride and his three children Carlton Kraig Pride, Charles Dion Pride, and Angela Rozene Pride.
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