RIP- Merle Haggard

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 6 Apr 2016 9:15 am

I just learned that Merle Haggard has passed. What a sad time for country music. Condolences to the family.
RIP Merle.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 6 Apr 2016 9:32 am

Appears to be true. Sorry to hear this... RIP.

http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news ... -wednesday

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/arts/ ... -news&_r=0

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 6 Apr 2016 9:42 am

RIP Merle, my favorite country singer of all time!

Billy Easton · Post by **Billy Easton** » 6 Apr 2016 9:43 am

So sorry to learn of this...I knew he was not well;
RIP...my condolences to all the family.

Billy and Meriul Easton

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 6 Apr 2016 9:44 am

Really, really sad news...

Ed Boyd · Post by **Ed Boyd** » 6 Apr 2016 9:46 am

Merle died on his birthday. Truly a giant. Man I hate this.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 6 Apr 2016 9:50 am

whoaaaa,,what a loss to us traditional country music people,,,,what a contribution he made to world,,,especially country music world. A VERY special person,,,,may he rest in peace,,,and be as well received "In his Next Life" as he was in this life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyHDA-idNs

Russ Hicks · Post by **Russ Hicks** » 6 Apr 2016 9:53 am

My condolences to Norm and the band and the family...

Mickey Adams · Post by **Mickey Adams** » 6 Apr 2016 9:59 am

Bill, kindly, please edit... MERLE....
Personally... I'm overwhelmed.. Had tickets to see him and Wille, who I'm sure is enroute to Mt Shasta.... We all loved you so much...

Don Sulesky · Post by **Don Sulesky** » 6 Apr 2016 10:00 am

One of the greatest of all time has gone home. RIP Merle

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 6 Apr 2016 10:01 am

So very sorry to read & hear this.
I knew he had been in & out of the hospital quite a bit recently.

He will never be forgotten by country music fans!

He wrote & sang many, many GREAT song.

RIP Merle.

Thank You for all you did for country music !!
Ron

John Brock · Post by **John Brock** » 6 Apr 2016 10:01 am

Rest in peace.....the legacy will carry on forever.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 6 Apr 2016 10:03 am

http://www.bakersfield.com/News/2016/04 ... at-78.html

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 6 Apr 2016 10:06 am

There are too many reports popping up in the past half hour for this to ba another another death hoax and it is apparently this time it's for real. I tried to get on Merle's website for confirmation, but it seems to have crashed - because no doubt thousands of others are trying to do the same thing.

I'm so glad that my wife and I were able to see him play in one of his last shows, here in Santa Rosa in February - it was the first time I'd seen him in many years. Though I hate to think his getting back on the road too soon after contracting double pneumonia made things much worse - and now this.

Now my two all-time favorite country singers are gone, Merle and Waylon.

And Merle - IMO one of America's greatest songwriters, regardless of genre.

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 6 Apr 2016 10:07 am

Rest in peace my hero, Merle was the real deal !!!
What a legacy he leaves behind.
My deepest condolences to his family and the boys in the band.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 6 Apr 2016 10:10 am

A giant of American music whose shadow looms large. RIP.

Jim Hinds · Post by **Jim Hinds** » 6 Apr 2016 10:11 am

RIP Merle.
My condolences to his family and the band.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 6 Apr 2016 10:14 am

Godfrey Arthur · Post by **Godfrey Arthur** » 6 Apr 2016 10:18 am

Godspeed Merle

Really liked this outlaw.

He could've survived.

Said to have passed from a mystery flu. Got pneumonia.

Hospital won't say.

People be wary of flu shots. You can get Alzheimer's from them. They are spraying stuff in the air like Ethylene Dibromide. It attacks the respiratory system. Called the chemtrail flu.

We're not in Kansas anymore.

What a great catalog of super songs.

Godfrey

Craig Schwartz · Post by **Craig Schwartz** » 6 Apr 2016 10:19 am

R.I.P. Mr. Haggard, prayers on the way for you and your loved ones, My dearest condolences.

Allan Morris · Post by **Allan Morris** » 6 Apr 2016 10:21 am

My hero,may he rest in peace. Prayers for the family.and the Strangers

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 6 Apr 2016 10:23 am

You could take ALL of the one hit wonders on today's rock/blues fake country radio, stand them end to end, and they still wouldn't reach high enough to kiss Haggard's behind. There's NO one who achieved his song writing and longevity. He sung to the last like George Jones before him. He didn't go and retire and count his money. I was lucky that I got to see him twice. Truly a legend of REAL country music.
Merle, thank you for your soulful heart felt real country music. I just performed it Saturday night with a neon sign in the window. You can rest in peace now. Your music will live forever.

Godfrey Arthur · Post by **Godfrey Arthur** » 6 Apr 2016 10:30 am

Don't know how it happened a double post.. But what the heck more Hag pics.

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 6 Apr 2016 10:30 am

Russ Hicks wrote:My condolences to Norm and the band and the family...

Amen, and ditto. What a loss.

Kenny Burford · Post by **Kenny Burford** » 6 Apr 2016 10:34 am

For me this is truly the day that MUSIC DIED! No other artist in country music or any other has ever shaped my music like Merle Haggard. I have spent hundreds of hours listening to him and his Strangers on recording to and from gigs, and spent hours learning his songs and Nichols licks.

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