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Ray Price dies at 87 a Texas country legend
Ray Price longtime country star and bandleader dies at 87 at his Texas ranch near Mount Pleasant after pancreatic cancer spread to his liver intestines and lungs. He helped popularize honky tonk and recorded 100 plus hits including For the Good Times and Crazy Arms while mentoring Willie Nelson and Roger Miller.
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