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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Glory Moralidad

Bill Cody, Country Music Icon in Heart and Kidney Failure, Needs Double Transplant

Grand Ole Opry broadcaster Bill Cody is in intensive care awaiting a heart and kidney transplant after severe organ failure. (Credit: Bill Cody WSM Instagram)

Bill Cody, the longtime Grand Ole Opry announcer and veteran WSM radio host, is in critical condition after suffering heart and kidney failure, with doctors determining that a double transplant is now his only chance of survival.

The update, shared by Cody's daughter Hannah Davis in a public statement on Sunday, has prompted an outpouring of support across the country music industry, where Cody has spent more than three decades as one of Nashville's most recognisable broadcast voices.

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