Mickey Gilley, a country singer and actor who was featured in the 1980 John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy,” has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, having just played 10 shows on ...

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 ...

PASADENA, Texas — Country music legend Mickey Gilley, whose Houston-area honky-tonk inspired the 1980 movie “Urban Cowboy,” died on Saturday. He was 86. Gilley, who had 17 No. 1 hits during his career ...

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, ...

Mickey Gilley, the smooth-voiced, piano-playing country crooner who helped popularize the “Urban Cowboy” movement of the Eighties, died Saturday in Branson, Missouri. He was 86. Gilley’s publicist ...

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Mickey Gilley, the man who personified “urban cowboy,” died Saturday. He was 86. Gilley died in his adopted hometown of Branson, Mo., according to a statement on his Facebook page. His cause of death ...

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 ...

PASADENA, Texas — Country music legend Mickey Gilley died on Saturday surrounded by family and close friends. He was 86-years-old. The announcement comes after Gilley announced tour date cancellations ...

The Mayor of Pasadena, Texas, Jeff Wagner, broke the news on social media. “Pasadena lost a true legend,” Mayor Wagner wrote. “Mickey Gilley passed away today, surrounded by his loved ones. It was my ...