Merle Haggard Dead at Age 79

Merle Haggard, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and one of the most influential singer-songwriters in the field’s long history, died Wednesday morning (April 6) — on his 79th birthday — in California following a lengthy illness. Haggard, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008, had been battling pneumonia since December…. Read more »