Merle Haggard singing The Song-Wake Up on Hee Haw in 1980

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HE DIDN’T WAIT FOR THE CROWD — HE WENT TO WHERE THEY WERE.

THEY WEREN’T BROTHERS. NONE OF THEM WAS NAMED STATLER. AND THEY NEVER LEFT THE TOWN WHERE IT ALL STARTED.

HE COMPLETED HIS 58TH ALBUM — AND CALLED IT “FINAL TOUCHES,” NEVER REALIZING HOW TRUE IT WOULD BE.

HE SURVIVED A 1999 CRASH THAT STOPPED HIS HEART TWICE — THEN DIED PEACEFULLY IN BED 14 YEARS LATER AT 81.