Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday (May 7) in ...

Mickey Gilley, who ran one of the world’s largest honky tonks in Pasadena, Texas and was credited with helping foster country music’s revival in the late ’70s as a key part of the Urban Cowboy film, ...

Country western star Mickey Gilley was born on March 9, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi, the cousin of future rockabilly legend Jerry Lee Lewis and disgraced televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, and raised in ...

The Country Western community lost a legend regarding the death of Mickey Gilley who died on Saturday, sources say. According to the Mayor of Pasadena Jeff Wagner, Gilley died surrounded by his loved ...

BRANSON, Mo. (WKRN) – Country music singer and actor Mickey Gilley died Saturday at the age of 86 in Branson, Missouri, according to a press release. Gilley was known for launching the Urban Cowboy ...

"Another singing friend has gone home," the Oak Ridge Boys posted to Twitter, paying tribute to Mickey Gilley, who died Saturday surrounded by friends and family in Branson, Missouri Glenn Garner is a ...

The city of Pasadena, along with friends and family, will celebrate the life and career of Mickey Gilley on June 9 at the Pasadena Convention Center. Gilley, a native of Mississippi, died on May 7 in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died ...

News has just reached me of the death of country singer, piano player, and songwriter Mickey Gilley on May 7 in Branson, Missouri. Another lively and distinctive voice from country music’s most ...