Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth.
Haggard received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor in 2010, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, a BMI Icon Award in 2006, and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977, Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994 and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 1997. He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
Did Merle Haggard believe in God?
Records say, in 2008, Haggard was diagnosed with lung cancer and began discussing his faith more and more, as The Christian Post reported. He appeared to have welcomed God into his life on his terms, sprinkling a few cuss words into his expressions of gratitude.
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