Charley Pride, Country Music's First Major Black Star, Dies At 86
![Country music legend Charley Pride died on Saturday at age 86 from complications due to COVID-19. Pride, who gave his final performance last month at the CMA Awards in Nashville, was the first Black performer inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/12/12/gettyimages-1285197570_wide-3701aa8983f0a5529dcda5eba40788f1079287ca.jpg?s=600)
Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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