Nation music singer Jody Miller died Thursday at age 80.
The Grammy Award-winning “Queen of the Home” artist died seven years after being recognized with Parkinson’s Illness in Blanchard, Oklahoma, surrounded by her household.
Information of the star’s passing was shared on daughter Robin Brook’s music Fb web page, Center-Sister Music.
The submit to the band’s web page wrote, “Center Sister is sorry to announce the passing of Jody Miller this morning, music icon and mom of Robin Brooks.
“Please bear in mind the household as they take care of this nice loss.”
The country-pop singer additionally launched hits reminiscent of “Let’s All Go All the way down to the River” and “Dwelling of the Courageous,” however skyrocketed to stardom after “Queen of the Home” was launched as a response to Roger Miller’s smash “King of the Street.”
An Arizona native, Miller — born Myrna Pleasure Miller — later relocated to Blanchard and have become Oklahoma’s first Grammy Award-winning artist in 1966.
She was tapped in 1965 by Capitol Data, which jumpstarted the profession that took her to many heights, together with acting at President George H.W. Bush’s 1988 inaugural ball. She later had a profession as a Christian music singer and was inducted into the Nation Gospel Music Affiliation’s Corridor of Fame in 1999.
The “Child I’m Yours” singer married horse coach and breeder Monty Brooks in 1962, who died in 2014.
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