Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2016

Merle Haggard

Band: solo country artist
Position: singer
Died: Apr. 6, 2016
Cause of death: pneumonia
Age: 79
Distinction: Had a No. 41 hit in 1969 with "Okie from Muskogee," on which he sang: "We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee/ We don't take our trips on LSD."

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