Did you know that Country music legend Mel Tillis died he was 85?

 Did you know that Country music legend Mel Tillis died he was 85?

Did you know that Tillis died at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, after battling intestinal issues since 2016, the suspected cause of death was respiratory failure?

Did you know that Tillis was a prolific singer-songwriter who penned more than 1,000 songs and recorded more than 60 albums in a career that spanned six decades?

Did you know that many of Tillis songs were recorded by other country music stars such as Kenny Rogers, George Strait and Ricky Skaggs?

Did you know that Tillis commercial career peaked in 1970s when he had a string of top 10 hits, including "Good Woman Blues," "Heart Healer" and "Coca Cola Cowboy?"

Did you know that Tillis was was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007?

Did you know that before Tillis made his way to Nashville, Tennessee, as songwriter briefly attended the University of Florida?

Did you know that Tillis serve in the Korean War when he joined the US Air Force to and was stationed in Okinawa, where he spent his time cooking and singing on Armed Forces Radio?

Did you know that he was born Lonnie Melvin Tillis in Tampa, Florida?

Country music hall of fame award

Did you know that Tillis suffered a spell of malaria as a boy that left him with a chronic stutter, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame, but that stutter became a trademark that Tillis mined for laughs, although it disappeared when he sang?

Did you know that in 1998, Tillis  became spokesman and honorary chairman of the Stuttering Foundation of America, according to his website?

Did you know that Tillis also had an acting career, with small roles in a number of films such as "The Cannonball Run" and "Smokey and the Bandit II?

Did you know that Tillis also made a TV appearance in an episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard" in the late '70s?

President Barack Obama awarding Tillis 

Did you know that in February 2012 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts -- the highest honor given to artists by the US government -- by President Barack Obama?

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