John Prine

John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Maywood, Illinois but raised in Chicago. His music was often seen as protest and social commentary. He began making music for Atlantic Records in 1971. In 1984 he co-founded Oh Boy Records, an independent record label. In 1992 and 2006, Prine won a Grammy Award.

Later life
In 1998, he was diagnosed with a form of melanoma in the neck. In 2013, he discovered he had lung cancer.

On March 26, 2020, Prine was hospitalized with COVID-19. Two days later, his health was reported as critical. On April 7, 2020, he died of the disease in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 73.

Discography
Studio albums
The Missing Years (1991 )The Tree of Forgiveness'' (2018)

References

Category:American Grammy Award winners
Category:1946 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Country musicians from Illinois
Category:American country guitarists
Category:American folk singers
Category:American folk musicians
Category:Activists from Chicago
Category:Businesspeople from Chicago
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee
Category:Infectious disease deaths in Tennessee
Category:Musicians from Chicago
Category:Singer-songwriters from Chicago