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Toby Keith Elected Into Country Music Hall of Fame, in Voting That Wrapped Up Days Before His Death
The Country Music Hall of Fame has elected Toby Keith, John Anderson and Elvis Presley guitarist James Burton as the inductees for its class of 2024
“My heart sank that Tuesday afternoon that we had missed a chance to inform Toby while he was still with us.” But, she said, she felt confident that he was looking down from above and finding out that he was “as good as he once was,” to borrow a lyrical phrase. “Many people tried to portray him as one-dimensional, and he wasn’t,” said Kix Brooks, who with his partner Ronnie Dunn hosted the announcements at the Hall of Fame Monday morning. I know it is because I have many dear friends that are in the Hall of Fame, people like Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Loretta Lynn, Porter (Wagoner), Little Jimmy Dickens and of course George (Jones) and Merle (Haggard), who I was fortunate to run with and do shows.
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