Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Jim McBride has died at the age of 78 after suffering a fall. The Alabama native wrote six number ones and ten top 10 singles across a 30-year career, PBS reports, while his songs were recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty, Trace Adkins, and George Jones. His death was announced on Facebook by singer-songwriter and friend Jerry Salley, who said on Monday, “My closest and longest friend I’ve ever had passed away unexpectedly this morning from a fall that he took last Monday, late afternoon.” The “Chattahoochee” and “Chasing that Neon Rainbow” mastermind was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017, The Daily Mail reports. In a touching tribute, Salley said, “You were a great songwriter. You were a great man. And, you were an even greater friend. What hurts the most is that I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. My best friend. We talked or texted every few days right up until the end.”
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