David Allan Coe Dies at 86, Country Music's Controversial Star Was 'A Walking Tall Tale,' Says Music Industry

David Allan Coe, the outlaw country singer behind ‘Take This Job and Shove It’, has died aged 86, leaving a career marked by acclaim, notoriety and division. (Credit: Matthew Woitunski/Wikimedia Commons)

Country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe has died aged 86, according to confirmations issued by his wife Kimberly Hastings Coe and representatives on Wednesday to The Rolling Stones. No cause of death has been publicly disclosed, though reports said he died in intensive care after several years of declining health.

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