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04-06-2016, 10:06 PM
Country icon Merle Haggard dies at 79
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Country music icon Merle Haggard died on Wednesday, his 79th birthday, at his home in California after a lengthy battle with pneumonia, his manager confirmed (https://twitter.com/WSMV/status/717765036593307648) to Nashville's WSMV-TV.*
The Country Music Hall of Famer was influential in creating the Bakersfield sound, an influential movement in country characterized by a more raw sound. He continued making music through his pneumonia diag**sis last year, releasing an album with Willie Nelson and scheduling tour dates for 2016.*
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Country music icon Merle Haggard died on Wednesday, his 79th birthday, at his home in California after a lengthy battle with pneumonia, his manager confirmed (https://twitter.com/WSMV/status/717765036593307648) to Nashville's WSMV-TV.*
The Country Music Hall of Famer was influential in creating the Bakersfield sound, an influential movement in country characterized by a more raw sound. He continued making music through his pneumonia diag**sis last year, releasing an album with Willie Nelson and scheduling tour dates for 2016.*
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