Country music icon Toby Keith passes away at age 62

Country music icon Toby Keith passes away at age 62

Country music icon Toby Keith passes away at age 62

Toby Keith, a 62-year-old singer-songwriter for country music, has away. Keith's spokesperson announced his passing to NPR.

Keith passed away on Monday, according to his publicist. X, the previous Twitter platform, and his official website both acknowledged his passing.

According to a statement on the Keith website, "Toby Keith passed away peacefully last night, February 5, surrounded by his family." "He battled bravery and dignity in his war. At this moment, please respect the privacy of his family."

Keith said on social media in 2022 that he will start receiving radiation and chemotherapy in 2021 to cure stomach cancer.

He remarked, "So far, so good," at the moment. "I need time to breathe, recover and rest."

Keith was a well-known country music artist for thirty years. He wrote songs including "How Do You Like Me Now?" and "Red Solo Cup." loved Willie Nelson duet "Beer for My Horses" and popular films like them.

Toby Keith, a well-known figure in country music, passed away at the age of sixty-two, according per a statement posted on his website.

In the past, he claimed to have received a stomach cancer diagnosis, calling the struggle "debilitating."

That he "fought his battle with decency and dignity" was said in the statement.

Over the course of a more than 30-year career, millions of people enjoyed songs like "Who's Your Daddy" as well as "Made in America." His three children and wife Tricia Lucas survive him.

Keith added that in addition to radiation and chemotherapy, he was also having surgery. He declared himself "comfortable with whatever happened" in relation to his condition.

Before making his breakthrough as a musician in the 1990s, the Oklahoma native worked in the oil fields along with a semi-professional American football player.

When it was published in 1993, his first song, Should've Been a Cowboy, shot to the top of the charts. In allusion to cowboy singers Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, the song romanticizes the cowboy way of life.

Blue Moon, Pull My Chain, and Unleashed were among the albums that came after.

"I write about the lives I know," BBC writer Toby Keith once said.

Keith often alluded to patriotic themes in his songs. The most contentious of them was the song Courtesy of the Red White so Blue (The Angry American), which was published soon after the 9/11 attacks and was seen by some as chauvinistic. Critics attacked the lyrics for

The Dixie Chicks, other country musicians, took issue with the song. Before Keith said that there were "far more crucial things" to concentrate on, the conflict raged for a few months.

He has seen events hosted by a number of US presidents over the years, including Donald Trump, Barack Obama, as George W. Bush. Keith received the National Medal of Arts in 2021 from Mr. Trump.