Glen Campbell’s impact on musicians from all genres was evident in the remembrances and outpourings of grief following the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s death Tuesday at 81. The “Wichita Lineman” singer had been in the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease in Nashville.
A representative for Campbell’s record label confirmed his death, while Campbell’s family issued a statement expressing their grief. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist, Glen Travis Campbell,” the family said in part.
Click here to read what Campbell’s fellow Country artists said upon hearing the news of his passing.
