Photos: Country music legend Ray Price dies at 87
December 17, 2013
FILE - This June 1983 file photo provided by Viva Records, shows country singer Ray Price. Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. He was 87. (AP Photo/Viva Records, File) ( Obit Price )
FILE - In a Jan. 7, 2011, file photo, Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grammy Award winner Ray Price celebrates his 86th birthday by performing in Bullard Texas. Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. He was 87. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File) ( Obit Price )
Musician Ray Price performs during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60262949 )
(L-R) Musicians Bobby Bare, Ray Price and Nick 13 pose backstage during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60263093 )
Musician Ray Price performs during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60262947 )
Musicians Bobby Bare and Ray Price pose backstage during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60263096 )
FILE - In this March 10, 2007 file photo, Ray Price performs at the Aladdin Theater for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. He was 87. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File) ( Obit Price )
(L-R) Musicians Bobby Bare, Ray Price and Nick 13 pose backstage during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60263092 )
FILE - In this March 13, 1981, file photo, country music singer Ray Price, performs in Nashville, Tenn. Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. He was 87. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Price )
FILE - In a Jan. 7, 2011, file photo, Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grammy award winner Ray Price celebrates his 86th birthday by performing in Bullard Texas. Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. He was 87. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File) ( Obit Price )
Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grammy award winner Ray “The Cherokee Cowboy” Price poses prior to performing in this file photo from, January 7, 2011 at KE Bushman’s event center, in Bullard Texas. Mr. Price is suffering from pancreatic cancer and was discharged from a hospital in Tyler, Texas on Dec. 12, 2013 to return home on hospice care. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman) ( Ray Price )
Musicians Ray Price and Nick 13 pose backstage during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60263094 )
INDIO, CA - APRIL 24: Musician Ray Price and singer B.J. Thomas pose backstage during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60262791 )
INDIO, CA - APRIL 24: Musician Ray Price poses backstage during day 1 of Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival 2010 held at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 60262784 )
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