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Report: Porter Wagoner Hospitalized

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

Can't find an article about this, but the syndicated Moby in the Morning is reporting that country legend Porter Wagoner is in a Nashville hospital this morning, and that he had checked into the hospital earlier this week for "an undisclosed condition". The 80-year-old Wagoner had recently been performing regularly at the Grand Old Opry, and was known for his collaborations with Dolly Parton. He also hosted a variety show on TV for two decades.

More about the artist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Wagoner

Thoughts and prayers to Mr. Wagoner.
 
Allaboutcountry.com reports Wagoner has lung cancer, and is in intensive care.

Best wishes for Porter and his family.
 
Re: Report: Porter Waggoner dead

Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.

Wagoner, who had survived an abdominal aneurysm in 2006, was hospitalized again this month and his publicist disclosed he had lung cancer. He died at 8:25 p.m. CDT in a Nashville hospice, a spokeswoman for the Grand Ole Opry said.
 
A song off of his final album, "Committed to Parkview" comes to mind, about living in a nursing home

Eddie Stubbs said Friday evening that Wagoner had been moved to hospice care.
 
This is sad.

I remember his TV show with the man who talked on the phone and had something wrong with his teeth.

And he was quite a dresser. The Liberace of country music.
 
I remember his TV show with the man who talked on the phone and had something wrong with his teeth.
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Speck Rhodes was the comedian, also played banjo and stand-up bass. He and his brothers had been an act in vaudeville prior to his getting onto the Grand Ole Opry and the Porter Wagoner Show. I always thought the teeth were an affectation, though he may have worn dentures. A good source for more info would be Chubby Howard, a DJ and steel player ([email protected]). He remembers a lot of the old time stars having worked with them.
 
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