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Don Williams, country music's 'gentle giant', dead at 78

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Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Sat, 9 Sep 2017, 2:54PM
Country and Western singer Don Williams in 1979. (Photo: Getty)
Country and Western singer Don Williams in 1979. (Photo: Getty)

Don Williams, country music's 'gentle giant', dead at 78

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Sat, 9 Sep 2017, 2:54PM

One of modern country music's greats, Don Williams, has died in the US following a short illness.

He was nicknamed country's Gentle Giant, enjoying a successful career in singing and songwriting across six decades.

Seventeen of his recordings made number one on the charts, including 'I Believe In You'.

His final live performance was last year, when he told the audience it was time to hang up his hat.

Don Williams was 78.

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