One of the all-time greats Charlie Pride has passed away at the age of 86.
According to a press release from his publicist, Jeremy Westby, the country legend died on Saturday (Dec. 12) in Dallas, Texas, of complications from COVID-19. He was 86 years old.
Born in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride grew up poor as the son of a sharecropper and became country music’s first Black superstar, as well as the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He performed just last month at the 2020 CMA Awards when he was honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
We couldn't be happier for Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Mr. Charley Pride. Watch the legend's acceptance speech! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/e7KykPNBMA
— CMA Country Music (@CountryMusic) November 12, 2020
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