May 8, 2008

Country music legend Eddy Arnold dies at 89

Legendary country music Hall of Fame member Eddy Arnold (pictured) is dead just short of his 90th Birthday.

Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like “Make the World Go Away” made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.

Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville.

His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip.

Folksy yet sophisticated, he became a pioneer of “The Nashville Sound,” also called “countrypolitan,” a mixture of country and pop styles.

“I sing a little country, I sing a little pop and I sing a little folk, and it all goes together,” he said in 1970.

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