
Tillis, 85, died early Sunday morning at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, according to his publicist Don Murry Grubbs. The suspected cause of death was respiratory failure. The Country Music Hall of Famer went to No. 1 with hits like 'I Ain't Never,' and won CMA's entertainer of the year in 1976. Ref. USAToday
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Mel Tillis (Hover)