ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS PASSING… HE FINALLY SAID WHAT HELD HIM TOGETHER….

THE ULTIMATE ENDORSEMENT: Fresh off her CMA Entertainer of the Year win…

A LEGACY REBORN: When Jimmy Fortune, the soaring tenor of the legendary…

“HE DIDN’T CHANGE COUNTRY MUSIC — HE FORCED IT TO CATCH UP.”…

She tried to smile when they played his song, but the moment…