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[sfnative]

Read this earlier this evening and was reminded of my junior high days when their hits were #1. I still have all their 45s with dust covers. Must dig them out.

May he rest in peace.

[qualitygal]

Part of my youth too! This is the 2nd one this week that I've read about that passed having to do with cig's. That's sad.

[violann]

Loved his music. They were really an important part of my muscal life as a kid. Hopefully, the music will live on.

[bells4me]

Loved the Everly Brothers.

[gazelle77]

Gosh... lately all the old favorites are kicking the bucket.... makes one think more about their own mortality.....

[123SuzyQ123]

On 1/4/2014 Hildegarde Withers said:

Good, clean songs.

I agree...good, clean songs that you could understand. I cannot understand the words of many of "today's" songs....so I only listen to the oldies. Thanks for the good clean songs that we could actually understand Everlys.

[Shorty2U]

I read that yesterday. R.I.P. Phil. You will be missed but your music will always live on.

[ahoymate]

On 1/3/2014 AnikaBrodie said:

Phil Everly, who rose to musical fame with his brother Don in the duo the Everly Brothers, died Friday in Burbank, Calif., his wife tells the Los Angeles Times. He was 74.

Everly's wife Patti said that he died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a result of smoking cigarettes.

"We are absolutely heartbroken," Patti said. "He fought long and hard."

Also on TheWrap: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2013

Born in Chicago to a musician father, Everly formed the Everly Brothers with Don after the pair had performed as children as part of the Everly Family. Together the pair, known for their harmonies and country-inflected tunes, racked up numerous hits, including "Wake Up Little Suzie," "Cathy's Clown," and "All I Have fo Do Is Dream." The pair was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

After initially breaking up in the early '70s, the Everly Brothers reunited in 1983 for a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, later recording the 1986 country-music hit "Born Yesterday." The pair also contributed the song "Cold" to the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Jim Steinman album "Whistle Down the Road."

The pair received the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award in 1997.

Everly is survived by his wife, brother Don, mother Margaret, and sons Jason and Chris, as well as two granddaughters.

Fyi...............a picture is worth a thousand words!

[bikerbabe]

cigarettes

[gazelle77]

On 1/4/2014 qualitygal said:

Part of my youth too! This is the 2nd one this week that I've read about that passed having to do with cig's. That's sad.

We all are going to die from something. People die suddenly who never smoke, drink or eat meat....it is just the name of this game called LIFE......