{"id":24108,"date":"2020-03-29T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=24108"},"modified":"2020-03-29T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:00:41","slug":"joe-diffie-passed-away-at-age-61-from-complications-of-coronavirus-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/joe-diffie-passed-away-at-age-61-from-complications-of-coronavirus-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"JOE DIFFIE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 61 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24115\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/unnamed-13.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Crystal K. Martel<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Photo Credit: Crystal K. Martel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 GRAMMY\u00ae-winning country music legend Joe Diffie passed away today, Sunday, March 29, from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19). His family respects their privacy at this time.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT JOE DIFFIE<br \/>\nCMA and GRAMMY\u00ae-winning country music legend Joe Diffie continues to be celebrated in hit song homages from Jason Aldean (\u201c1994\u201d) to Chris Young (\u201cRaised On Country\u201d), with a reign that includes 13 albums and more than 20 Top 10 hits to his credit. As one of the most successful singer\/songwriters of the 1990s, Diffie also penned hits for artists like Tim McGraw, Conway Twitty, and Jo Dee Messina. A Tulsa native, his chart-dominating iconic songs include: &#8220;Home,&#8221; \u201cIf The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets),\u201d \u201cNew Way (To Light Up An Old Flame),\u201d \u201cShips That Don\u2019t Come In,\u201d \u201cHonky Tonk Attitude,\u201d \u201cProp Me Up Beside The Jukebox,\u201d \u201cJohn Deere Green,\u201d \u201cThird Rock From The Sun,\u201d \u201cPickup Man,\u201d \u201cSo Help Me Girl,\u201d \u201cBigger Than The Beatles,\u201d \u201cTexas Size Heartache,\u201d \u201cA Night To Remember,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Always Somethin\u2019\u201d and many more. Recently, he released Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie!, his first-ever vinyl LP. The Oklahoma Music Hall of Famer also celebrated a pinnacle career milestone of more than 25 years as a member of the historic Grand Ole Opry. <\/p>\n<p>JoeDiffie.com<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Crystal K. Martel NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 GRAMMY\u00ae-winning country music legend Joe Diffie passed away today, Sunday, March 29, from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19). His family respects their privacy at this time. ABOUT JOE DIFFIE CMA and GRAMMY\u00ae-winning country music legend Joe Diffie continues to be celebrated in hit song homages from Jason Aldean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24116,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24108\/revisions\/24116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}