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Lonnie Melvin Tillis (August 8, 1932 – November 19, 2017) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits. Tillis' biggest hits include "I Ain't Never", "Good Woman Blues", and "Coca-Cola Cowboy". On February 13, 2012, President Barack Obama awarded Tillis the National Medal of Arts for his contributions to country music.

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Mel Tillis, who earned a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame and a National Medal of Arts as a singer and writer of enduring songs like Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town, and who was equally known for the stutter he employed to humorous and self-deprecating effect onstage, died on Sunday in Ocala, Fla. He was 85. Mr. Tillis had battled intestinal issues since early 2016 and never fully recovered, his publicist, Don Murry Grubbs, said in a statement. The suspected cause of death was respiratory failure, he said.

Mel Tillis, left, presents Ronnie Milsap, center, his Album of the Year honor for "A Legend in My Time" at the nationally televised CMA Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House Oct. 13, 1975. Helping Milsap on stage is his wife, Joyce, right. Mel Tillis Country Store, shown on May 31, 1983, is in the row of gift shops that runs down Demonbreum from Music Row. . Phillips, The Tennessean. Country music entertainer Mel Tillis performs at the MCA Records showcase on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry Oct. 13, 1983. The event is part of the . Convention and Grand Ole Opry Birthday celebration at Opryland.

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Mel Tillis, as famed for his recording career and songwriting as he was for his lifelong stutter, died early Sunday morning at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, following a lengthy illness. A representative confirmed the singer’s death, citing respiratory failure as the suspected cause. They’re denyin’ handicapped people the right to work, Tillis said at the time, noting that at least one of the networks had reversed their decision to air the ads. Tillis was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, just two months after becoming an official member of the Grand Ole Opry. In February, 2012, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor given by the . government to artists and arts patrons.

In 1981, Tillis recorded a duets album with Nancy Sinatra called Mel and Nancy, but like most of his work throughout the '80s, it failed to repeat the success he had previously enjoyed. Although he continued to work in films (co-starring in both Cannonball Run pictures) and notched the occasional Top Ten hit (like 1981's "A Million Old Goodbyes" and 1983's "In the Middle of the Night"), his days as a superstar were over. Mel Tillis died in November 2017 at the age of 85. ~ Jason Ankeny.

Mel Tillis was born on August 8, 1932, in Tampa, Florida to Burma (née Rogers; 1907 – 1990) and Lonnie Lee Tillis (1907 – 1981). While he was still young, the family moved to Pahokee, Florida (near West Palm Beach). His stutter developed during his childhood, a result of a bout with malaria. As a child, Tillis learned the drums as well as guitar and at age 16, won a local talent show. He attended the University of Florida but dropped out and joined the United States Air Force. Stutterin' Boy : The Autobiography of Mel Tillis.

Mel Tillis, the much-loved country hitmaker who rode the charts for more than 30 years and sang such No. 1 hits as ‘I Ain’t Never’ and ‘Good Woman Blues. died yesterday (19 November) at the age of 85. He had been battling diverticulitis during two years of illness, and passed away in Ocala, Florida, his home state. The 1976 winner of the CMA’s coveted Entertainer of the Year award, Tillis was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2007 by his daughter Pam Tillis. Mel Tillis was born in Tampa on 8 August 1932 and raised in the south-east of the state in Pahokee. He went to the University of Florida but dropped out to join the Air Force while pursuing his love of music, playing drums and guitar and finding success despite a stutter developed as a child, which led to his nickname ‘Stutterin’ Bo.