Toby Keith always knew how to make the most of a moment. Two years after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, the country superstar hit the stage at the 2023 People's Choice Country Awards in September, his cherub-cheeked smile slimmer than usual below his signature cowboy hatevidence of the toll his illness had taken. (He later joked, "Bet you thought you'd never see me in skinny jeans!" while accepting his Country Music Icon award.) With Tricia, his wife of 39 years, wiping tears from her eyes in the audience, he performed his song "Don't Let the Old Man In," poignantly singing: "I want to live me some more." Though Keith wrote the song in 2018, it held new meaning and on Feb. 5 became an elegy for the star when he died peacefully, surrounded by family, at age 62. He faced his last days with both candor and optimism, performing three shows in Las Vegas in December and saying in his final interview that he was taking things one step at a time. "I'm not gonna let this define what my future is. It ain't up to us," he told Oklahoma City's News 9 in January.
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OUR Enduring LOVE STORY
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CYNTHIA ERIVO: BECOMING Elphaba
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NIGHTMARE WITHOUT END
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Miley Cyrus: In Love & Making New Music!
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Jonathan Majors & Meagan Good Are Engaged
Jonathan Majors is engaged to Meagan Good, and he's in a \"season of joy,\" he told People at the EBONY Power 100 Gala on Nov. 17.
Meghan & Harry's New Dynamic: Embracing Solo Projects
Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex's recent separate outings signal a change in their public lives.
PEYTON LIST IS JUST GETTING STARTED!
THE COBRA KAI AND SCHOOL SPIRITS STAR OPENS UP ABOUT HER DISNEY CHANNEL ROOTS AND ENTERING THE NEXT PHASE OF HER CAREER
'Caregiving Has Been an Incredible Gift'
Many veterans struggle to cope with PTSD and then turn angry or violent toward their loved ones. But after Andre Morrow started taking care of his father, Sam, he was able to forgive him
Grief, Music & Preserving My Father's Legacy
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