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Joe Bonsall, a 50-year member of the Country Music Hall of Fame group the Oak Ridge Boys, died Tuesday from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. He was 76. Among fellow music artists weighing in Bonsall's death was Blake Shelton, who posted this on social media: "I'm heartbroken to hear of my friend Joe Bonsall's passing.

I've never seen Joe when he wasn't smiling and completely full of life. He absolutely loved singing like no one I ever met. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and the Oak Ridge Boys brothers.



We all lost a special person today." A tenor singer with the Oak Ridge Boys, Bonsall announced in January that he was retiring from touring due to health issues. Ben James, formerly with Dailey & Vincent, replaced Bonsall in the touring lineup.

“Many of you know I have been battling a slow onset (over four years now) of a neuromuscular disorder,” Bonsall said in his retirement statement. People are also reading..

. “I am now at a point where walking is impossible, so I have basically retired from the road. It has just gotten too difficult.

It has been a great 50 years, and I am thankful to all the Oak Ridge Boys, band, crew and staff for the constant love and support shown to me through it all. I will never forget, and for those of you who have been constantly holding me up in prayer, I thank you and ask for you to keep on praying.” In the same statement, Bonsall urged people to support his replacement (Ben James) in the Oak Ridge Boys, who ha.

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