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Country music singer merle haggard dead at 79

Country music singer merle haggard dead at 79

American country music singer merle haggard has died of pneumonia on his 79th birthday, his manager confirmed.

MR Haggard was a member of the country music hall of fame with dozens of albums and top hits.
he wrote songs, sang and played fiddle and guitar, usually singing about american pride, rebels and outlaws.

The Singer, World Health Organization battled lung cancer in 2008, had recently cancelled april tour dates due to illness and said he hoped to be back on the road in may.
rolling stone magazine has described him as " the backbone of one of the greatest repertoires an all of american music, plain - spoken songs populated by the kinds of working people haggard grew up with: farmers, hobos, convicts, widows, musicians and drunks ".