Country singer Charlie Daniels, best known for his song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, is dead.
New York – Country singer Charlie Daniels, best known for his song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, is dead.
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Charles Daniels is dead. He died on July 6 at the age of 83. © Mark Humphrey / AP / dpa
Daniels died on Monday at the age of 83 after a stroke, US media reported, citing his spokesman.
Daniels, born in North Carolina in 1936, started his career in the 1960s as a guitar player and worked as a musician for Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, among others.
He later formed his own band and landed the huge hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in 1979.
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Daniels was married and had a son.
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