Country singer Harold Reid whose group the Statler Brothers sang backup for Johnny Cash has died aged 80 after a kidney failure battle.His nephew Debo Reid told the Associated Presshe passed away this Friday in Staunton, Virginia, where he was from.While Harold sang bass for the Grammy-winning Statler Brothers, his younger brother Don took lead vocals.
Dearly departed: Country singer Harold Reid whose group the Statler Brothers sang backup for Johnny Cash has died aged 80 after a kidney failure battleThe Statlers were originally a group called the Four-Star Quartet, founded in 1948 by Harold and his buddies Joe McDorman, Lew DeWitt and Phil Balsley.Don wound up as the lead singer after Joe dropped out and over the years the group went.
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