# Country Star Joe Diffie RIP

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [March 30, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-star-joe-diffie-rip/850640 "2020-03-30T02:41:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-star-joe-diffie-rip/850640/1 "2020-03-30T02:41:13Z")

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'90s country music star Joe Diffie has passed away due to complications from COVID-19.

> **[Country music star Joe Diffie dies of complications from coronavirus | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/joe-diffie-coronavirus-death-trnd/index.html)**
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> Joe Diffie, a country music singer known for his lighthearted odes to country life that reached mainstream success in the 1990s, died Sunday from complications of coronavirus, his publicist said in a news release.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-star-joe-diffie-rip/850640/2 "2020-03-30T03:01:43Z")

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Aww. So sad. I have his autograph on a dollar bill. Found it in a book I bought at a flea market.