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Kenny Rogers Dies: Country Music Icon Was 81

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By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Country music star Kenny Rogers died Friday night in Sandy Springs, Georgia. He was 81.

According to a statement posted by his family on Twitter, the singer, songwriter, actor and producer passed away at 10:25PM “peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family.” Rogers, known for such hits as “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Islands in the Stream,” a duet with longtime friend and frequent collaborator a duet with Dolly Parton, and “Lucille, sold millions of records and won three Grammys during his decades-long career.

As an actor, he starred in the 1982 movie Six Pack and a number of popular TV movies such as The Gambler franchise, Christmas in America,

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