[78-L] George Jones

[Cary Ginell]

Another one - Jesse McReynolds (of Jim & Jesse) is 83.

> From: kil at roadrunner.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:52:48 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] George Jones
> 
> Here's a few more still kickin'.  (Ages not verified by two sources)
> 
> Little Jimmy Dickens - 92
> Bonnie Lou - 88
> Mac Wiseman - 87
> Ralph Stanley - 86
> Jimmy C. Newman - 86
> Leroy Van Dyke - 83
> Osborne Brothers - 81 & 75
> Doug Kershaw - 77
> Jerry Lee Lewis - 77
> Wanda Jackson - 75
> 
> RayK
> >
> >
> From: Cary Ginell
> George Jones' passing at the age of 81 leaves us with precious few country 
> stars remaining from the so-called "golden age of country" of the 1950s. Of 
> the top hitmakers who made the country charts in the fifties, I can think of 
> the following survivors:
> Ray Price (87)Jean Shepard (79)The Everly Brothers (Don, 76 & Phil, 74)The 
> Browns (Maxine, 82; Jim Ed, 79, & Bonnie, 75)
> Everyone else is gone.
> 
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