Country music legend Charley Pride, who amassed more than 50 top-10 hits between 1967 and 1987, and won several Grammy Awards, has died. He won multiple Country Music Awards. CHARLEY PRIDE RECEIVES WILLIE NELSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT 2020 CMA AWARDS“I’m so heartbroken that one of my dearest and oldest friends, Charley Pride, has passed away,” fellow country legend Dolly Parton wrote on Twitter Saturday. Pride was born to sharecroppers Mack Pride Sr. and Tessie Stewart Pride in Sledge, Miss., on March 18, 1934. As the biggest Black country star of his era, he was a trailblazer in the industry.

Source: Fox News December 12, 2020 21:44 UTC