Charley Pride, Country Music's First Black Superstar, Dies at 86
Charley Pride speaks onstage during the Grammy Salute to Music Legends in New York in 2017.
Photographer: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for NARAS
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New York (AP) -- Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86.
Pride died Saturday in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media.