You never know how much you love somebody until they’re gone. He’s going to be asking him to spread some light on much of this darkness going on here.” “I know that we all know that Kenny is in a better place than we are today, and I’m pretty sure he’s going to be talking to God some time today if he ain’t already.
“I couldn’t believe it this morning when I got up, turned on the TV, checking to see what the coronavirus was doing, and they told me that my friend and singing partner Kenny Rogers had passed away,” Parton said in a video message posted on social media. He’s a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, a three-time Grammy winner, and had 24 number-one songs across his near-60-year career.Ī number of the singer’s friends, collaborators and fellow artists have taken to social media to pay tribute.ĭolly Parton paid an emotional tribute, saying: “My heart’s broken, and a big old chunk of it has gone with him today.” Rogers had a number of hits across the 1970s and ’80s, including ‘The Gambler’, ‘Lady’, ‘Through The Years’, ‘Lucille’ and more. “Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family.” “The Rogers family is sad to announce that Kenny Rogers passed away last night at 10:25PM at the age of 81,” the statement began. Read more: Kenny Rogers, 1938-2020: farewell to the big-bearded, big-hearted king of country music.Country music legend Kenny Rogers died late last night (March 20) from natural causes, his family confirmed in a statement.