″Keith was the type of individual you’d like to live next door to and like to go fishing with every Saturday,″ McFadden said. – He was 33. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news While Morgan's book was a benchmark in piecing together Whitley's final moments, perhaps the most research went into a project titled "Kentucky Bluebird", which was to star writer/actor/director Keith Whitley performing at the Country Music Fan Fair in June 1988 in Hicks, Jack.
Whitley was found fully clothed in his bed by his brother-in-law, Lane Palmer, said Lt. Harry Bell of the Goodletsville Police Department just north of Nashville. Gay, West Virginia, by During the new recording sessions in 1987, Whitley started feeling that the songs he was doing were not up to his standards, so he approached RCA and asked if the project of 15 songs could be shelved. Death Controversy. On the morning of Tuesday, May 9, 1989, Whitley awoke and had a brief phone call with his mother. Whitley’s latest album, ″Don’t Close Your Eyes,″ has had three No. Whitley’s wife, Lorrie Morgan, a Grand Ole Opry singer, was on a tour heading toward Alaska when her husband died. On Thursday, the 30th anniversary of his death, his family will host a memorial concert at CMA Theater in his honor. The singer’s blood alcohol content was .477, almost five times the amount to be declared intoxicated in Tennessee, Harlan said. – "Singer Keith Whitley's Memory Alive Through Songs, Love in Home Town". He formed a bluegrass band with his friend Ricky Skaggs a few years later. The album produced hits for Whitley as well, including a duet with In 1994, Whitley's widow, Lorrie Morgan, organized several of Whitley's friends in bluegrass and some of the big names in country at the time to record a In 2004, songwriter Jeff Swope began writing a film treatment for a biographical film concerning Whitley's life and death that was shelved in 2006. Palmer departed at approximately 8:30 am, informing Whitley to be ready to leave within an hour.
I did so many crazy things while drinking.″ Whitley had just recorded an album in Nashville, to be released in the fall, said Brenna Davenport-Leigh, spokeswoman for his record label, RCA Records.
″If I hadn’t stopped drinking, I don’t think I’d be alive today. Tennessee country singer Jesse Keith Whitley didn't hit the recording studio with plans to release new music on the 31st anniversary of his father's death. The Sandy Hook, Ky., native’s alcohol problem had plagued him for years. Whitley was found fully clothed in his bed by his brother-in-law, Lane Palmer, said Lt. Harry Bell of the Goodletsville Police Department just north of Nashville. He’s been touring,″ she said. He was then visited by his brother-in-law Lane Palmer, and the two had coffee and they were planning a day of golf and having lunch, after which Whitley had planned to start writing songs for Lorrie Morgan and himself to record when she returned from her concert tour.
Country Singer. In an interview last October, he said his heavy drinking had nearly killed him and that he had quit in 1987. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Country music singer Keith Whitley, known for wrenching, honky-tonk-style ballads that embraced pain and joy, was found dead at his home Tuesday after overdosing on alcohol, officials said. Lorrie Morgan, with creative control and license to Whitley's namesake, recorded her voice alongside Whitley's, and released it as a single, which rose to No. – "Keith Whitley discovered dead – Alcohol overdose cause of death". ″There will always be a special place in my heart for Keith Whitley, and I’m sorry people will be deprived of his great talent,″ said his manager, Jack McFadden. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Country music singer Keith Whitley, known for wrenching, honky-tonk-style ballads that embraced pain and joy, was found dead at his home Tuesday after overdosing on alcohol, officials said. His other hit records included ″Miami My Amy,″ ″Ten Feet Away,″ ″Homecoming ’63″ and ″Hard Livin’.″ As a teen-ager, he played in Ralph Stanley’s bluegrass band and later was lead singer for the country-bluegrass band J.D. “Keith lived and loved his music,” said Joe Galante, of RCA Records in Nashville. Whitley and Morgan had one child, Jesse Keith Whitley, who was born in 1987.