Charley Pride — a Country Music Hall of Fame singer who rose from rural Mississippi to become the genre's first Black superstar — died Saturday at age 86.
The "Kiss An Angel Good "Mornin" star died in Dallas, Texas, due to complications from COVID-19, according to a news release from his publicist, Jeremy Westby.
With a career spanning more than five decades, Pride cemented a trailblazing legacy unlike any entertainer before him. Launching his career in the 1960s, in the height of civil rights movement, Pride became the first Black man to outright conquer country music fame.
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