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Ed Bruce, 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys' singer, dead at 81

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Country star Ed Bruce has died at age 81. His publicist, Jeremy Westby, confirmed to Fox News that the singer died on Friday of natural causes in his Clarksville, Tenn.

home. Bruce was best known for his hit "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," which he co-wrote with his wife Patsy Bruce.

Other notable songs in his catalog include "My First Taste of Texas," "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" with Lynn Anderson and "The Last Cowboy Song." In 1978, "Mammas" earned him a Grammy nomination for best country song. "Best Break" spent 21 weeks on Billboard's hot country songs chart when it was released in 1982.

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