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Jeremy Tepper Dies: Program Director Of SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country Was 60


Jeremy Tepper was a force in outlaw country music as the PD of SiriusXM.

Jeremy Tepper, who helped grow so-called “outlaw” country music into an industry force, died Friday night of a heart attack in Jackson Heights, New York. “I am heartbroken to share the news of the passing of my husband, Jeremy Tepper, who died suddenly today of a heart attack here in Jackson Heights,” said a post from his wife, Laura Cantrell, on Facebook. The label is known a 1996 compilation Big Rig Deluxe, that included songs by Marty Stuart, Buck Owens, and Steve Earle.

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Jeremy Tepper, SiriusXM’s ‘Outlaw Country’ Chief and a Leader of the Americana Movement, Dies at 60