NEW YORK (AP) — Here's a sample of reaction to the death of country music star Merle Haggard. "He was my brother, my friend. I will miss him." – Willie Nelson. "The greatest singer-songwriter of my ...

New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The ...

The lines in his face look like a road map to hard times. The lines in his songs speak of hard times for common folks like him. I made those observations talking to Merle Haggard back when he was only ...

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Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway. This ...