Country singer Mickey Gilley dies at age 86

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Country singer and actor Mickey Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri.

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Country singer and actor Mickey Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri.

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Country singer Mickey Gilly, best known as a pioneer of the "urban cowboy" genre

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Country singer Mickey Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, his publicist Zach Farnum said.

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Country singer Mickey Gilley was 86.

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The Natchez, Mississippi native "passed in peace" surrounded by family and close friends,

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According to the statement, he had recently returned home from the road after playing 10 shows in April.

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Gilly had 17 number one country records to her name, starting with "Room Full of Roses" in 1974.

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Gilly was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984.

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He is survived by wife Cindy Loeb Gilly and their children Cathy, Michael, Gregory and Keith Ray, as well as four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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Country singer T. Graham Brown also mourned, saying that Gilly "lived a full life and left us with a great list of hits."

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