Charley Pride dead of COVID at age of 86

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Pride


Pride died in Dallas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas), Texas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas) on December 12, 2020 of complications from COVID-19 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19). He was 86 years old.




Birth name
Charley Frank Pride


Born
March 18, 1934
Sledge, Mississippi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledge,_Mississippi), U.S.


Died
December 12, 2020 (aged 86)
Dallas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas), Texas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas), U.S.


Genres


Country (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music)
gospel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music)




Occupation(s)


Singer
musician
guitarist
business owner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_owner)




Instruments


Vocals
guitar




Years active
1952–2020


Labels


RCA Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records)
16th Avenue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Avenue_Records)
Music City




Website
charleypride.com (http://charleypride.com/)