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Country singer Joe Diffie, age 61, dies of Covid19
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/29/us/joe-diffie-coronavirus-death-trnd/index.html"Joe Diffie, a country music singer known for his lighthearted odes to country life that reached mainstream success in the 1990s, died Sunday from complications of coronavirus, his publicist said in a news release.
Diffie, a 61-year-old native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, made 13 albums and had more than 20 Top 10 hits to his credit, his publicist said. Sporting a mustache and mullet, his boot-scooting crowd-pleasers included the hits, "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" and "Honky Tonk Attitude."
Two days before his death, Diffie released a statementsaying he had tested positive for coronavirus and was receiving treatment."...(more)