# "Queen of Country," Kitty Wells, dies at age 92

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 16, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-of-country-kitty-wells-dies-at-age-92/628445 "2012-07-16T20:47:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-of-country-kitty-wells-dies-at-age-92/628445/1 "2012-07-16T20:47:56Z")

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[Story here.](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/16/156865376/kitty-wells-queen-of-country-dead-at-age-92)

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-of-country-kitty-wells-dies-at-age-92/628445/2 "2012-07-17T01:06:48Z")

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This is quite sad. She seemed like a wonderful person. I can recall a lot of her music from my youth-my dad was a great fan of hers, and I followed her career, at a distance, over the years, looking her up on Wikipedia every so often.  
IIRC, she was active into her 80s?

RIP.

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**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-of-country-kitty-wells-dies-at-age-92/628445/3 "2012-07-17T01:23:21Z")

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☹

Where I grew up, the only radio station we could bring in was WWVA—Big Country!

I got to hear all the great country stars singing songs that I still remember the words to. I think my parents might even still have an album of Kitty’s. I know they’ve got Ferlin Husky, Sammi Smith, Porter Waggoner, and even Doc and Chickie Williams.

Strange how sad it feels to learn that one of the old-timers died. It reminds me of a lot that has up and gone away.