Country Icon Joe Ely Dead at 78 as Tributes Pour In
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Joe Ely, the ’70s and ’80s country icon known for songs like “Honky Tonk Masquerade” and “She Never Spoke Spanish to Me,” is dead at 78.
On Monday, December 15, the singer-songwriter died in Taos, New Mexico, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, Lewy Body Dementia, and pneumonia, according to a Facebook post.
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