Joe Diffie
Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, March 29, the 88th day of 2021. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE — In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Sumant Joshi helps to clean up rubble at the East End United Methodist Church after it was heavily damaged by storms in Nashville, Tenn. In the overnight darkness before Tennessee's presidential primary day in March, at least six tornadoes carved through Middle Tennessee in a series of damaging storms that killed 25 people, including 19 in Putnam County and two in Nashville. The story was selected as the No. 2 news story in Tennessee for 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
COVID-19 is top 2020 Tennessee story; tornadoes No. 2

By Jonathan Mattise Dec. 24, 2020 08:32 AM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

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FILE - This Aug. 22, 2018 file photo shows Joe Diffie at the 12th annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. For the Oklahoma-born country singer, the 1990s were a heyday for country music and for Diffie, including hit blue-collar ballads and barroom singalong songs. Diffie died March 29 in Nashville. He was 61. (Photo by Al Wagner/Invision/AP, File)
Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus

By Andrew Dalton Jun. 05, 2020 08:58 AM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 22, 2018 file photo shows Joe Diffie at the 12th annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. A publicist for Diffie says the country singer has tested positive for COVID-19. Diffie is under the care of medical professionals and is receiving treatment. (Photo by Al Wagner/Invision/AP, File)
Online conspiracy theorists twist singer's COVID-19 death

By Amanda Seitz Apr. 23, 2020 04:22 PM EDT

This combination photo shows country music stars, from left, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood, who are among 23 performers that will be featured in “ACM Presents: Our Country,” an at-home country music special that is airing on CBS on April 5, in lieu of their delayed Academy of Country Music awards show. (AP Photo)
At home with kids, pets and spouses, country stars play on

By Kristin M. Hall Apr. 05, 2020 11:36 PM EDT