Joe Diffie Dead at 61

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Country music star Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus at 61

Diffie, an icon to many country fans for his string of No. 1 hits in the 1990s, was the first country star to announce he tested positive from coronavirus.

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RIP. Announced he had it on Friday, and passed a few hours ago.

 

[Seirith]

I grew up listening to country, I use to listen to him a lot. So horrible.

 

[Vanillalite]

Oh shit. I had John Deere Green stuck in my head all last week. I was playing it in guitar, and singing it around my house. My kids were hella annoyed.

Fuck man.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

Fuck cancer corona

 

[Wag]

So sad.

Lack of testing. The virus does not discriminate. 61 isn't even that old.

 

[Castamere]

Name didn't ring, but I remember his music. I got my quarter ready. RIP.

 

[Vanillalite]

Mother fuck this bullshit like

Fucccckkkkkkkkk

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Used to listen to him all the time growing up

RIP Joe Diffie

 

[Vilix]

RIP. 😔

 

[Sobriquet]

RIP. Hope someone propped him up beside the jukebox.

 

[Fat4all]

fuck, I listened to a bunch of his stuff just the other week after hearing 'Third Rock from the Sun' again out of nowhere

RIP. Hope someone propped him up beside the jukebox.

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boots filled with sand, stiff drink in his hand

 

[Fulminator]

So sad.

Lack of testing. The virus does not discriminate. 61 isn't even that old.

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unfortunately once you get into upper 50s + the virus has a much higher chance of killing you.

surprised that from testing positive to death was only 2 days though. I wonder if he had a preexisting condition.

RIP

 

[Crimson-Death]

Rest in peace.

 

[cinch]

Oh wow, that's so sad, i remember his music from the 90s when i worked in a bookstore and they forced employees/customers to listen to country music

 

[HardTimesFamilyPride]

Damn... I was going off about him and singing John Deere Green all day at work just a couple days ago. My newest song I'm writing totally riffed that chorus, too.

 

[Vanillalite]

unfortunately once you get into upper 50s + the virus has a much higher chance of killing you.

surprised that from testing positive to death was only 2 days though. I wonder if he had a preexisting condition.

RIP

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Who knows when he got tested though. Some places are taking FOREVER for results.

 

[Tappin Brews]

damn :(

 

[maxxpower]

What's the mortality rate for people 55+? Don't want to lose both my parents :(

 

[Jag]

unfortunately once you get into upper 50s + the virus has a much higher chance of killing you.

surprised that from testing positive to death was only 2 days though. I wonder if he had a preexisting condition.

RIP

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Think Wag and I are one of the few Era members in our 50s. Low 50s but shit is still scary.

 

[Tappin Brews]

i'm teary

 

[Fulminator]

Think Wag and I are one of the few Era members in our 50s. Low 50s but shit is still scary.

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hoping you guys stay safe 🙏

 

[makonero]

One of the great hit artists. So many great hooks. In addition to the others mentioned already, here's some good tunes.

 

[TheGhost]

What's the mortality rate for people 55+? Don't want to lose both my parents :(

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keep them home and they will be ok, took me weeks of screaming at them but they finally got it.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

aw shit, is that why John Deere Green was trending on twitter? This blows...

 

[Tom Nook]

RIP

 

[smurfx]

unfortunately once you get into upper 50s + the virus has a much higher chance of killing you.

surprised that from testing positive to death was only 2 days though. I wonder if he had a preexisting condition.

RIP

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he might have already been really sick when he finally went to the hospital. we're been seeing younger and younger people getting sick and passing away. pretty damn scary and i fear for the older members of my family.

 

[mikeamizzle]

This sucks. RIP :(. This will be an unusually bad year for this kind of stuff. Fuck...

 

[BigWeather]

Think Wag and I are one of the few Era members in our 50s. Low 50s but shit is still scary.

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I'm 48 but wife is 55 with some conditions. I'm pretty worried.

 

[Kernel]

That's sad.



John Prine is in bad shape as well.

 

[Deleted member 1086]

for a long time I thought "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox" was an Alan Jackson song

...country wasn't my genre of choice in the 90s(listen to it way more now), but I was still aware of some of the bigger songs/artists.

rip Joe

 

[makonero]

for a long time I thought "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox" was an Alan Jackson song

...country wasn't my genre of choice in the 90s(listen to it way more now), but I was still aware of some of the bigger songs/artists.

rip Joe

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"Don't Rock the Jukebox" is Alan Jackson. Don't worry, a lot of that 80s and 90s country gets mixed in my head too

 

[HardTimesFamilyPride]

for a long time I thought "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox" was an Alan Jackson song

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I grew up listening to this stuff and I thought that until today tbh 😶

EDIT: Oh post above mine figured it out lol

 

[Bdub79]

I've never replied to one of these but mother fucking rest in piece.

 

[Deleted member 1086]

then there is this song which was a big hit a year or two back, and still gets airplay on the radio, that prominently named drops him.

 

[PMS341]

I actually took a lot of pictures of him at a recent festival last year, pretty strange to read this today. RIP.

 

[KDR_11k]

Seems to be hitting a lot of country musicians?

 

[Sobriquet]

Seems to be hitting a lot of country musicians?

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John Prine has it :(

 

[Poltergust]

So sad.

Lack of testing. The virus does not discriminate. 61 isn't even that old.

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That's the same age as my dad, who lives in Miami... :<