Charlie Robison, the country music singer-songwriter and judge on the reality competition show Nashville Star, has died, according to a statement from his wife shared on Facebook.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that my husband, Charlie Robison, has passed away today, surrounded by his family and friends. My heart is broken. Please pray for me, our children and our family,” Kristem Robison wrote in a post on Sunday.
Who was Charlie Robison?
Charlie Robison was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in Bandera, a town in the Texas Hill Country, according to Variety. He began his musical career in the 1980s, playing in local Austin bands before forming his own group, the Millionaire Playboys.
In 1996, Robison released his solo debut album Bandera, named after the Texas city where Robison’s family has ranched for eight generations since the 1840s. Eight albums continued over the course of his career, including his final album — 2013’s High Life, which famously featured a cover version of Bob Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”
His most successful LP was Step Right Up, released in 2011. It featured his only Top 40 Country hit, “I Want You Bad,” which spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and peaked at No. 35. The album itself made it to No. 27 on the Top Country Albums chart.
Robison was a judge on the first season of Nashville Star, the TV singing competition that debuted on the USA Network in 2003. Talent manager Tracy Gershon and music journalist Robert K. Oermann sat on the panel alongside him.
In 2018, Charlie Robison had a medical procedure left him unable to sing. He retired from music that same year, penning a message about it on his Facebook page.
“At the beginning of this year, I underwent a surgical procedure that because of complications left me with the permanent inability to sing,” he wrote. “Therefore, with a very heavy heart I am officially retiring from the the stage and studio.”
‘Gonna keep it short but just wanted y’all to hear it from me. It’s been an amazing ride and I cannot tell you all what the last 25 years has meant to me, he continued. “I was looking forward to another 25 but as they say ‘s— happens.’ I thank you all for everything you’ve given me and I hope I was able to give you a fraction of the happiness you gave me. It was a hell of a ride, but as they say, all good things must end.”
“Keep on supporting this thing we call Texas/Red dirt and hopefully we’ll all get to have a cocktail or two and talk about the good ol’ days,” Robinson concluded. “Until then, Buenos Noches. It’s been fun. Love each and every one of y’all.”
In his personal life, Robinson was wed to Emily Strayer — one of the original members of the country band, The Chicks — from 1999 to 2008. The have three children together: Charles “Gus” Augustus, called “Gus”, 20, and 18-year-old twins Julianna Tex and Henry Benjamin.
The country star married Kristen in 2015, becoming a stepdad to her children. The two had a son together, Jett James.
Charlie Robison cause of death
A family representative told the Associated Press that Charlie Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas after suffering cardiac arrest.
Robison’s sister, fellow musician Robyn Ludwick, also paid tribute in a post on social media.
“My heart is broken in the deepest most irreparable way,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “My big brother Charlie Robison passed away in the arms of his loved ones. Please play some Charlie Robison on Repeat. He would want it that way.”
When is Charlie Robison funeral?
As of now, the funeral arrangement of the late Charlie Robison has not been disclosed by his family.
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