The country music world has had a rough 2024 with at least 15 legendary performers or contributors already losing their lives this year. The latest addition to the heartbreaking list came this month as hitmaking song writer Mark James died in Nashville. WANT MORE COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS? CLICK HERE.
The following is a look at those who have been lost this year: Norah Lee Allen It has been an emotional year for The Oak Ridge Boys, and things took a particularly heartbreaking turn on Easter. According to Taste of Country, Norah Lee Allen, the wife of lead singer Duane Allen, died Sunday morning after battling an illness for “an extended period of time.” The site reported that she had been at Vanderbilt Hospital when she died.
Allen reportedly shared the news on social media Sunday. “This morning, my wife of 54 years and 8 months took her last breath of air on planet Earth,” he wrote. “Norah Lee went to be with Jesus at 7:28 am, Easter morning.
She had not been feeling well for some time. Her family all spent the night with her last night at Vanderbilt Hospital. We took time singing with and to her, telling her stories, and loving her every second that God let us share her here on this Earth.
” The Grand Ole Opry took time to remember Allen, too. “During (Wednesday’s show), we paused to remember a beloved member of our Opry family we lost earlier this week, Norah Lee Allen,” a post on the Opry’s X page, formerly Twitter, read. “For decades, Norah Lee added her vo.
