The cause was complications from COVID-19, his spokesperson said.
Give my stomach to Milwaukee/if they run out of beer, he sang in Bury Me.
The blind can have my eyes/and the deaf can take both of my ears/if they dont mind the size.
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Your flag wont get you into heaven anymore/theyre overcrowded from your dirty little war, he sang.
Now Jesus dont like killin/no matter what the reason for.
Its a perfect expression from a genius.
Tony Russell/Redferns
Who writes songs like that?
God and John Prine.
Rolling Stone magazine called him the Mark Twain of American Songwriting.
He began to learn the guitar at 14, schooled in the instrument by his brother, David.
It must have been like stumbling unto Dylan when he first busted into the Village scene.
Fortunately, I have the key to escape reality, sang the songs depressed narrator.
Though his debut also included Hello in There and Angel from Montgomery, it didnt sell well.
But, it did earn Prine plaudits from his peers and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
In 1991, he won his first Grammy, for Best Contemporary Folk Album, forThe Missing Years.
But by 98, he began to experience serious health issues.
The result added even more gravel to an already rough-hewn voice.
In 2001, Prine enjoyed an acting role in the movieDaddy & Them, directed by Billy Bob Thornton.
Four years later, he won his second Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album, forFair & Square.
In 2013, the songwriter was diagnosed with lung cancer and had his left lung removed.
Regardless, he was back on tour six months later.
It became the highest charting album of his career, opening at No.
5 on the Billboard 200.
In 2020, he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
