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GALLERY: Remembering Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie passed away today (3/29) at the age of 61 of coronavirus. Let’s take a look at The Grand Ole Opry member through the years in country music.

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Joe Diffie passed away today (3/29) at the age of 61 of coronavirus. Let's take a look at The Grand Ole Opry member through the years in country music.

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Joe Diffie performs during Pepsi's Rock The South Festival - Day 2 at Heritage Park on June 4, 2016 in Cullman, Alabama.


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Joe Diffie performs during "Kicker Country Stampede" at Tuttle Creek State Park on June 28, 2014 in Manhattan, Kansas.


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Joe Diffie performs during Tootsie's Orchid Lounge 54th Birthday Bash at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on November 12, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Joe Diffie performs on Day 3 of Country Thunder Milwaukee on July 23, 2016 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.


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Joe Diffie performs onstage during the 12th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium on August 22, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Joe Diffie performs during Pepsi's Rock The South Festival - Day 2 at Heritage Park on June 4, 2016 in Cullman, Alabama.


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Joe Diffie at Country Thunder USA In Florence, Arizona - Day 4 on April 13, 2014


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Joe Diffie performs onstage during the 2019 Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Field on April 26, 2019 in Indio, California.


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Joe Diffie performs at the 16th annual Buds-n-Suds Music Festival a benifit for Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Tennessee Chapterat at Losers Most Wanted Bar on October 17, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Joe Diffie performs on Day 3 of Country Thunder Milwaukee on July 23, 2016 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.


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Joe Diffie at Country Thunder USA In Florence, Arizona - Day 4 on April 13, 2014


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Dierks Bentley, Kid Rock, Jamey Johnson, Kaylee Johnson, Laura Bush, Nancy Jones, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, and Theresa Crump attend the funeral service for George Jones at The Grand Ole Opry on May 2, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones passed away on April 26, 2013 at the age of 81.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.