{"id":28157,"date":"2026-06-05T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=28157"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:00:03","slug":"legendary-country-star-passed-away-at-age-85-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=28157","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Country Star Passed Away At Age 85!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ad_ph\">\n<p>Legendary country singer Jeannie Seely has died at the age of 85 due to complications from an intestinal infection.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy-winning artist passed away on August 1 at a Tennessee medical center after battling serious health problems throughout 2025, including multiple surgeries, pneumonia, and a stay in intensive care. Her death comes just months after the loss of her husband, Eugene Ward, to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Known as \u201cMiss Country Soul,\u201d Seely rose to fame with her 1966 hit \u201cDon\u2019t Touch Me,\u201d which earned her a Grammy Award. She became a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1967 and enjoyed a career that spanned more than six decades.<\/p>\n<p>A respected singer, songwriter, and performer, Seely released over 15 studio albums and remained active in country music well into her 80s, leaving behind a lasting legacy in the genre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZhYLoEgXlM?si=zoIVUcYmEF39Ffr_\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary country singer Jeannie Seely has died at the age of 85 due to complications from an intestinal infection. The Grammy-winning artist passed away on August 1 at a Tennessee medical center after battling serious health problems throughout 2025, including multiple surgeries, pneumonia, and a stay in intensive care. Her death comes just months after&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=28157\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Legendary Country Star Passed Away At Age 85!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28159,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157\/revisions\/28159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}