# He stopped loving her today: RIP George Jones **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759 "2013-04-26T14:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/1 "2013-04-26T14:42:21Z")
[Country music star George Jones has died](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/showbiz/music/obit-george-jones/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/2 "2013-04-26T14:42:31Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/3 "2013-04-26T14:48:38Z")
Perfect thread title. RIP to a great singer. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/4 "2013-04-26T14:52:05Z")
Yeah, wow - an icon as a singer - he created great music and had a legendarily sloppy-rogue life…RIP George. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/5 "2013-04-26T16:20:21Z")
Are they sure he’s really dead? He might just be faking it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/6 "2013-04-26T16:21:09Z")
Playing Possum, you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/7 "2013-04-26T16:23:31Z")
He’s one of those people who make you wonder “How the hell did he make it to 81?” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/8 "2013-04-26T16:36:22Z")
The [photo](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/arts/music/george-jones-country-singer-dies-at-81.html?hp&_r=0) in the NYT makes him look like perhaps Jim Carrey is his illegitimate son. The man was truly an icon of country music and hard living. How he made it to 81 is a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/9 "2013-04-26T16:37:15Z")
No matter what else he did after it, for me he was always [White Lightning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE) The poster boy for hard living is resting now. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/10 "2013-04-26T17:35:12Z")
I heard that this year would be his last tour. I guess he just ran out of gas. He had one heck of a wild ride in life. R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/11 "2013-04-26T18:39:36Z")
I’ve actually been thinking about him recently, as I’ve been seeing possums at work. In fact, a possum died last night in my mom’s back yard, and it made me think of him. If the song referenced in the thread title comes on the radio, I have to pull over to the shoulder. That’ll go doubly for the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/12 "2013-04-26T18:48:02Z")
Did _They Place a Wreath Upon his Door_? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/13 "2013-04-26T19:01:51Z")
He was born with a broken arm, took 83 drunken takes to get White Lightning right and when his wife hid all the car keys drove his lawnmower to get to the liquor store. Yep, that kind of livin’ will give you lots to sing about. I’m sorry to have only seen George on TV. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/14 "2013-04-26T21:02:34Z")
He had about four songs that would be in my all-time top 20 country classics. 1. She thinks I still care. 2. Golden Ring(with Tammy Wynette) 3. He stopped lovin her today 4. Two story house ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/15 "2013-04-26T21:04:45Z")
Wow…sorry to hear this. RIP ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/16 "2013-04-26T21:11:34Z")
Three music giants, all gone, having some fun: [George Jones, Ray Charles and Chet Atkins - We Didn’t See A Thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYfVciXwZk4) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/17 "2013-04-26T21:34:48Z")
I haven’t cried this much since Tammy died. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/18 "2013-04-26T23:24:39Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The poster boy for hard living is resting now. Jerry Lee Lewis lives yet! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/19 "2013-04-26T23:44:40Z")
Classic video ling: [Things Have Gone to Pieces](http://youtu.be/3Mhw_DGIW5o) Special bonus activity: spot the young Johnny Paycheck ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759/20 "2013-04-26T23:46:57Z")
RIP George. He may not have been the most consistent, but at his best he was _the_ best, and one of the most important singers of the 20th century. Only Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, and possibly Willie Nelson, can compare in terms of influence. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-stopped-loving-her-today-rip-george-jones/656759.md?page=2)