Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.
Wagoner, who had survived an abdominal aneurysm in 2006, was hospitalized again this month and his publicist disclosed he had lung cancer. He died at 8:25 p.m. CDT in a Nashville hospice, a spokeswoman for the Grand Ole Opry said.
Country singer and Opry member Dierks Bentley visited Wagoner in the hospice over the...
Celebrity Deaths by Category
Celebrity Search
Record an Audio Memory — Use Your Phone — Free
Track Celebrity Deaths
Receive email notification about people of national interest.
Years in Review
A look back at those who passed.
