“Toby Keith died peacefully last night, February 5, surrounded by his family. He fought with grace and courage. We ask that you respect his family’s privacy at this time,” we read in a statement published on social media and on the artist’s website.
Toby Keith is dead. The country musician was 62 years old
In 2021, the singer was diagnosed with stomach cancer, but information about his disease reached the media only a year later. During this time, Keith underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. He returned to the stage in 2023. He then performed at two venues in Norman, Oklahoma. He also appeared on television where he sang “Don’t Let the Old Man In”.
Music career
Toby Keith Covel was born on July 8, 1961 in Clinton, Oklahoma. He began his adventure with music in his early youth, as a member of the Easy Money Band. In the early 1990s, the debuting country singer was noticed by Harold Shedd, a record label executive who admired his music: “It was really good country music,” he said in a 2013 interview with Forbes. The first single from Keith’s album released in 1993 hit number one on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
Toby Keith wrote most of his songs. In 2018, he told Billboard magazine: “I wanted to get better at it and I wanted to write the best songs I could.” In total, the artist released 19 studio albums, 2 Christmas albums and 5 compilation albums, which sold 40 million copies.
Source: Gazeta
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