Thursday, September 18, 2014
George Hamilton IV, R. I. P.
George Hamilton IV, 50-year Opry star, dies at age 77: NASHVILLE — George Hamilton IV, the 50-year Grand Ole Opry star known as the International Ambassador of Country Music, died Wednesday at a Nashville hospital. Hamilton was 77 and had suffered a heart attack Saturday.
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This is sad news indeed. I always loved George's music. If I had to name a favorite, it might be his recording of "Canadian Pacific," but he had many good ones. He was the first big-name "star" (or at least he was a star to me) that I ever saw in person, at a county fair in Illinois when I was in grade school, and I've never forgotten it. Makes me feel not just sad, but old.
Makes me feel old and sad, too. I have a 45 rpm recording of "A Rose and a Baby Ruth."
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