Songwriting Giant Curly Putman Dead at 85

Curly Putman, the composer who enriched the American country songbook with such classics as “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Green, Green Grass of Home,” “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” and “My Elusive Dreams,” died Sunday (Oct. 30) at the age of 85. He had been in ill health for some time, but, according to his friend and co-writer Bobby… Read more »