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By Beth Stibal |

Country-Rock Legend Charlie Daniels Dead at 83

Charlie Daniels, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame best known for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday morning after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83.

Daniels is survived by his wife, Hazel, and son Charlie Daniels Jr.

Daniels topped the charts with “Devil” in 1979, and he enjoyed a long, remarkable, multifaceted career in Music City as an instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. As a session musician, he played on three of Bob Dylan’s albums.

At the other end of that 60-plus year career, Daniels used more of his voice in support of U.S. veterans, and was known to speak out on their behalf on social media until his final days.
In 1974, he launched the first “Volunteer Jam,” a regular all-star concert that has continued for nearly 50 years. Daniels joined the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016.