Country music icon Kenny Rogers has died. He was 81. "The Rogers family is sad to announce that Kenny Rogers passed away last night at 10.25pm," his family said in a statement on Saturday. "Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family." The family said it was planning a small private service at this time "out of concern for the national COVID-19 emergency", adding that they looked forward to celebrating Mr Rogers' life publicly with his friends and fans at a later date. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Rogers' famous songs included The Gambler, Lady, Islands In The Stream, Lucille, She Believes In Me, and Through the Years. Rogers, with twenty-four number-one hits, was a Country Music Hall of Fame member, six-time CMA Awards winner, three-time GRAMMY Award winner, recipient of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, CMT Artist of a Lifetime Award honoree in 2015 and has been voted the Favourite Singer of All Time in a joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People. [video] [video] <font color="#0A1633"><span style="font-family: &quot">[VIDEO] https://www.smh.com.au/culture/cele...-kenny-rogers-dead-at-81-20200321-p54cjs.html Absolutely tragic. By pure coincidence-I stopped by a couple friends place tonight and after hearing Kenny Rogers I asked if they were watching a KR documentary. Nope-they were watching the Richard Jewell movie-but KR's song is featured prominantly.
