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Country music singer and songwriter Jeff Carson, who scored hits with "Not On Your Love," and "The Car" before becoming a police officer, has died in Tennessee, his publicist said. Carson was 58. Carson died of a heart attack at a hospital in Franklin, said Jeremy Westby of 2911 Media.

Country singer turned police officer Jeff Carson has passed away at the age of 58.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the performer died after he suffered a heart attack at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee on Saturday.His publicist,Jeremy Westby, confirmed the news about the singer-songwriter, whois survived by his wife Kim Cooper Carson and son Dayton Grei Herndon Carson. In memoriam:Country singer Jeff Carson has passed away at the age of 58; he is pictured in 2021Carson was born Jeffrey Lee Herndon inTulsa, Oklahoma, on December 16, 1963.He was subsequently raised in Gravette, Arkansas, where he found his love for music after he began singing in church.

He then moved to Branson, Missouri, where he wrote country songs and performed locally.He followed his early career beginnings by moving to country music capital Nashville in Tennessee and recording demos for the greats of the industry - Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Reba McEntire among other artists.By 1995, he had accepted a music contract with Curb Records and shortly afterwards released his own debut single, Hey Buddy.Throughout the course of his career, he won a space on the Billboard chart no less than 14 times, including for hits such as Not On Your Love.He then retired from music temporarily, stepping back from the showbiz circuit to become a police officer in Franklin in 2009.However he did revive the music career he had paused by releasing another single 10 years later titled God Save The World without so much as leaving the police force to do so.Following recent recording sessions in the studio with Buddy Hyatt, fans had been expecting a 2022 album release containing duets with artists such as Darryl Worley and Michael Ray, according to a statement made by his publicist Jeremy Westby, via 2911 Media.He had also just inked a recording deal with the Encore Music Group, meaning he'd had everything to live for in the lead-up to his tragic demise.The Franklin Police Department with whom he had served for years, publicly honoured him via Twitter, thanking him for sharing his "life of service and song".The force added appreciatively he had changed "everyone he met for the better".The late star is survived by his wife Kim Cooper Carson and son Dayton Grei Herndon Carson.He also leaves behind his mother Virginia Norton, brother Steve Herndon and sister Karen Spurlock, plus other extended family.The devoutly religious

Country star Ed Bruce has died at age 81. His publicist, Jeremy Westby, confirmed to Fox News that the singer died on Friday of natural causes in his Clarksville, Tenn.

Ed Bruce, the singer and songwriter who got his start during the Sun Records rockabilly era and went on to write or record a long string of country chart-makers, died of natural causes today in Clarksville, Tennessee. Bruce, who sidelined as an actor on such TV series as James Garner’s 1981 Maverick sequel and 1980’s The Chisholms, was 81.

Charley Pride has died aged 86. The country music legend, who was best known for his 1971 hit 'Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'', passed away in his home city of Dallas, Texas, from complications of Covid-19 on Saturday (12. 12.

NEW YORK (AP) — Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86.