Friday, July 20, 2012

Kitty Wells' family and friends remember country legend at funeral

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Singer Kitty Wells, whose hits such as "Making Believe" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made her the first female superstar of country music, died Monday. She was 92. The singer's family said she died peacefully atKitty Wells, “The Queen of Country Music,” received her last standing ovation at her funeral. Eddie Stubbs, family friend and WSM personality who at one time played fiddle for Wells and her husband Johnnie Wright, madeKitty Wells, who paved the way for women in country music and was known as the "Queen of Country," has died, the AP reports. She was 92. As her biography on the Country Music Hall of Fame notes, Wells was 33, a wife and a mother when she recorded ItNASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music," died this morning at her home in Nashville surrounded by family

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