Kellie Pickler Breaks Her Silence Six Months After Husband Kyle Jacobs' Death

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Kellie Pickler is speaking out after her husband's death. In a new statement, the 37-year-old singer addresses her husband, Kyle Jacobs', death by suicide for the first time.

Jacobs was found dead at their Nashville, Tennessee, home in February. He was 49.«One of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis, if you don't know what to do, 'do nothing, just be still,'» Pickler tells in a statement. «I have chosen to heed his advice.»«Thank you to my family, friends, and supporters, for the countless letters, calls, and messages that you have sent my way,» Pickler's statement continues. «It has truly touched my soul and it's helping me get through the darkest time in my life.

As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers.»Pickler concluded her statement by noting, «I am planning an intimate memorial for my husband, which will happen later this fall, that is what Kyle would have wanted.» She signed the statement, «Love & Blessings, Kellie.»On Feb.

17, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told ET that, after being called to the home, they discovered Jacobs «deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office.» Police added that «his death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.» «Mr.