Sorry to hear. If you read Alabama's story, it's pretty remarkable how much success they had (and went from playing in bars to stardom relatively quickly once they really started to get off the ground with their own music). What's equally remarkable is how amused they were with all the fame, and how they themselves remained pretty simple. Randy Owen talks about how he lived in a relatively basic house on his family's property even after they hit it big and kind of found it surprising when fans were just showing up at his door as he had no gates or anything in place. He still lives and works his family's homestead and refused to move to Nashville because he wanted to stay there and raise his family. He admits in one interview that he could've potentially made millions of $$ more if he'd moved, but raising his family there was more important to him. To hear any of the 3 original members of Alabama speak in interviews, all of them seem down to earth and approachable. Cook's diagnosis was announced a few years ago and in the most recent interview I saw, you could tell the disease had sadly taken it's toll. They also had to cancel several dates pre-covid as Owen had some health challenges of his own, with vertigo and migraines. Time catches up to everyone, I guess. Again, RIP Jeff.
