Cody Johnson won the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards, but it was Ella ...

Each year brings the loss of familiar names, but some deaths feel bigger because of the history attached to them.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Stella Jones was at a crossroads in her soccer career. The mental and emotional part of the game almost drove her out of soccer completely. Years later, Jones’ final season was ...

Don Schlitz, the country songwriter behind classics like "The Gambler," has died. He was 73. The North Carolina native died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after what the Grand Ole Opry described as ...

Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden illness. He was 73. During his nearly five-decade career, the North ...

Don Schlitz, a hit songwriter whose solo composition “The Gambler” became a crossover smash for Kenny Rogers in 1978, died Thursday. He was 73. No cause was given, but a statement announcing his death ...

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In one of America's wealthiest neighborhoods lies an abandoned mega-mansion that was once the home of Kenny Rogers. Built in the early 1990s, this castle-like estate was valued at $15 million and ...

Though the 1983 duet “Islands in the Stream” is their most memorable, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers collaborated on several other occasions in the decades that followed, including a final, lost duet, ...