Publication: National ExaminerDate: 6 September 2010
The Examiner wants you to know about the mysterious death of Tammy Wynette's husband.
George Jones is dead? Why didn't somebody tell me?
No, sorry to distress any fans of old No Show Jones. He's fine.
Poor Tammy! She must be all broke up.
No, Grandpa, Tammy is dead. She died twelve years ago.
Okay, so who died?
Tammy's last husband, the songwriter George Richey, passed away several weeks ago and the news was slow getting out. I saw a list of the songs he wrote, and nothing crossed over into being a pop hit as well.
Tammy is probably most famous for Stand By Your Man. Did you know she was married five times, two of the marriages being annulled? It's enough to shake your faith in the honesty of country and western music.
Maybe Patsy Cline wasn't crazy! Maybe Loretta Lynn wasn't a coal miner's daughter! Maybe Hank Williams never loved a woman with a cheatin' heart!
Okay, I'm sorry about those last two speculations. Even I know I crossed a line there.
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