Singer-songwriter John Prine has passed away due to complications related to the novel coronavirus. The legend, who has worked with some of country music’s best over a storied career that spanned five decades, died on Tuesday at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
He was 73. Related: Chris Cuomo Shares Shocking X-Ray Of His Lungs Affected By COVID-19 This sad news comes a week after Prine’s wife, Fiona Prine, recovered from the virus herself and shared that her husband’s condition was “stable,” but not improving after being hospitalized with a “sudden onset” of COVID-19 symptoms.
According to a statement from his family, John was admitted for care on March 26 and intubated two days later. In part, it read: But sadly, the