Deceased
Merle Haggard
Risk 100Singer
79 years oldUnknown0 picksBorn April 6, 1937
From San Quentin cellblock to country music royalty, the Hag blazed a trail through five decades with 38 chart-toppers and enough hard living to fill a hundred honky-tonk ballads. At 79, the Bakersfield outlaw who gave working-class America its anthem is still kicking, though decades of cigarettes, whiskey, and the road have left their mark. Whether he's got another encore in him or his final curtain call is coming, one thing's certain—Mama Tried, but Merle did it his way.
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Risk Score100/100 - Critical
About Merle Haggard
From San Quentin cellblock to country music royalty, the Hag blazed a trail through five decades with 38 chart-toppers and enough hard living to fill a hundred honky-tonk ballads. At 79, the Bakersfield outlaw who gave working-class America its anthem is still kicking, though decades of cigarettes, whiskey, and the road have left their mark. Whether he's got another encore in him or his final curtain call is coming, one thing's certain—Mama Tried, but Merle did it his way.
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