U.S. COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER DON WILLIAMS DIES AT 78.

The country musical artist (singer) and songwriter passed away on Friday 8^th September 2017 after a brief illness in Mobile, Alabama of Emphysema. The Nashville songwriter’s death was confirmed by his publicist on Friday 8^th September.

Don Ray Williams was born May 27^th 1939 as the youngest of three sons. He grew up in Portland, Texas and graduated from Gregory Portland High School in 1958.

Don Williams stated his career as a musician with a folk-pop group known as “Pozo-Seco Singers”. The group disbanded and Don Williams started his solo career in December 1971. He had No. 1 seventeen times country hits in the U.S.A., inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010, which he missed because he had bronchitis and retire in 2016. His last studio album came out 2014.

Williams was also known as “Gentle Giant” because of his easy going temperament. Furthermore, he was known for his rich voice, gentle delivery and storytelling style.

His hit tracks included:

·        I Believe in You

·        Lord

·        I Hope this Day is Good

·        You’re my Best Friend

·        Some Broken Hearts Never Mend

·        Till the Rivers All Run Dry

·        And many more

The Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville, Kyle Young said “Don Williams offered calm, beauty and a sense of wistful peace that is in short supply these days,”.

Donald Ray Williams (May 27, 1939 – September 8, 2017).