Country legend Kenny Rogers has died, aged 81. The singer, who enjoyed hits with songs like Coward of the County, Lucille, and Lady, and The Gambler, passed away “peacefully” at his home in Georgia on Friday night (March 20, 2020), “surrounded by members of his family”, according to a statement posted on Twitter.
A three-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Rogers scored a string of country music number ones in the late 1970s and 1980s, and landed a huge hit in 1983 when he teamed up with Dolly Parton for Islands in the Stream. Kenny announced he would retire in 2015, after one farewell trek, which he had to cut short in 2018, due to poor health. “I didn’t want to take forever to retire,” he said at the time. “I’ve