Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus crash

May 12, 2008 

74-year-old American gospel singer and writer Joyce 'Dottie' Rambo died Sunday morning when her tour bus crashed into a highway embankment in southwestern Missouri. 
The wreck occurred two miles east of Mount Vernon, Missouri, along Interstate 44. Police say six other people were hospitalized with moderate to severe injuries in Springfield. Dottie was headed for a Mother's Day concert in North Richland Hills, Texas, when the accident occurred. 
"I know Dottie is in heaven in the arms of God right now, but our earth angel will surely be missed," said Dolly Parton in a statement. A spokesperson for her recording label confirmed to a Knoxville, Tennessee television station that Dottie was asleep at the time of the accident.
Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus crash May 12 , 2008 74 - year - old American gospel singer and writer Joyce ' Dottie ' Rambo died Sunday morning when her tour bus crashed into a highway embankment in southwestern Missouri . The wreck occurred two miles east of Mount Vernon , Missouri , along Interstate 44 . Police say six other people were hospitalized with moderate to severe injuries in Springfield . Dottie was headed for a Mother 's Day concert in North Richland Hills , Texas , when the accident occurred . " I know Dottie is in heaven in the arms of God right now , but our earth angel will surely be missed , " said Dolly Parton in a statement . A spokesperson for her recording label confirmed to a Knoxville , Tennessee television station that Dottie was asleep at the time of the accident .
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