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Jones called 'greatest country singer of all time'

George Jones - AP

The country music world reacted with deep emotion upon learning of the death of legendary singer George Jones. Here's a sampling of quotes and tweets about Jones: "The world has lost the greatest country singer of all time. Amen." - Merle Haggard

 

Mindy McCready Shot Dog Before Killing Herself, Says Sheriff

Mindy McCready

Authorities say they found country singer Mindy McCready's body on the same porch of her northern Arkansas home where her boyfriend was found dead of an apparent suicide last month.

 

Folk musician Doc Watson dies at age 89

Doc Watson

His manager, Mitchell Greenhill, said in a news release that Watson died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.

 

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