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George Jones and Tammy Wynette ‘Rushed Into Things’: ‘Major Differences Between Fantasy and Real Life’


Country music icons George Jones and Tammy Wynette's real relationship is uncovered in author/podcaster Tyler Mahan Coe's exclusive interview with Closer.

1 hits on the country music charts, including “We’re Gonna Hold On,” made George and Tammy’s story the stuff of legend. Author and podcaster Tyler Mahan Coe seeks to separate truth from fiction in his book, Cocaine & Rhinestones: A History of George Jonesand Tammy Wynette. “So, then George was taking amphetamines and drinking at the same time, which made things much worse.” The singers divorced in 1975 after six years and one child together, daughter Georgette Jones.

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