Charlie Daniels Dies at 83
NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Charlie Daniels of the Charlie Daniels Band performs onstage at the 2014 CMA Festival on June 8, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
The Tennessean is reporting that Charlie Daniels, the singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist best known for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday morning after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83.
Daniels’ death was confirmed to The Tennessean by his publicist, Don Murry Grubbs. He is survived by his wife, Hazel, and son Charlie Daniels, Jr.
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