Mac Davis, the genial singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit with "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me," penned Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" and "In the Ghetto" and starred in the football film North Dallas Forty, has died.
He was 78. Davis died Tuesday in Nashville following heart surgery, his longtime manager Jim Morey said in a news release.His family had reported Mondaythat he was "critically ill" following the surgery. "Mac Davis has been my client for over 40 years, and more importantly, my best friend," Morey said. "He was a music legend, but his most important work was that as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend.
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