Musicians and celebrities are mourning the loss of country songwriter John Prine, who died on Tuesday following a battle with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Bruce…
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Kyle Young called Prine “a walking, grinning argument for human beings as a pretty good species.”
“In John’s songs, humor and heartache dance together like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,” Young said in a statement. “His words and melodies draw chuckles and blood, and tears of sorrow and redemption, all leading to truths widely known but never before articulated. John’s mind was a treasure chest, open to us all. We mourn his passing, even as we hold the treasure.”
Prine passed away from complications of COVID-19 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, a representative confirmed on behalf of Prine’s family to PEOPLE Tuesday. He had been hospitalized on March 26 with a “sudden onset” of COVID-19 symptoms, and intubated two days later, his family wrote in arapidly changes,is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication.
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