Updated: Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 — 6:45 p.m. ET. Don Williams, who regularly topped the country charts during the 1970s and ’80s with his gentle, reflective ballads, died Friday (Sept. 8) at the age of 78. Except when onstage, the soft-spoken Williams generally shunned the spotlight, even managing to be absent when he was inducted… Read more »