Country music legend George Jones died Friday morning at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, according to his publicist Kirt Webster. He was hospitalized with fever and irregular blood pressure, forcing him to postpone two shows.
His career, which has spanned over 50 years, has allowed him to contribute to the history of country music through the songs such as ‘Choices’, ‘White Lightning’ and the haunting ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’.
George struggled through most of the 1970’s with drug and alcohol abuse and began being known as ‘No Show Jones’ – as he rarely began to show up for scheduled appearances.
In 1983, Jones married his fourth and final wife, Nancy Sepulveda, whom he credited with stablizing his private life. He had four children, one with first wife Dorothy Bonvillion, two with second wife Shirley Ann Corley and one with his third wife, country legend Tammy Wynette. His daughter with Wynette, Georgette Jones, became a country singer and even played her mother in the 2008 TV series “Sordid Lives.”
There will never be another George Jones. You will be missed, George.
