Country music mainstay Merle Kilgore, who managed Hank Williams Jr. and co-wrote the hit tune “Ring of Fire” with one-time client June Carter Cash, died in Mexico Sunday of congestive heart failure ...

LOS ANGELES -- Country music mainstay Merle Kilgore, who managed Hank Williams Jr. and co-wrote the hit tune Ring of Fire with one-time client June Carter Cash, died in Nashville Sunday of congestive ...

A 1963 country classic told a story too hot for its time. Its daring lyrics about forbidden love made it one of the genre’s most unforgettable hits. “Ring of Fire” raised eyebrows in the early 1960s ...

Country music mainstay Merle Kilgore, who managed Hank Williams Jr. and co-wrote the hit tune Ring of Fire with one-time client June Carter Cash, died in Mexico Sunday of congestive heart failure ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Merle Kilgore, who co-wrote "Ring of Fire" during a wide-ranging career in music that started in north Louisiana, died last night in Mexico of medical complications related to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Merle Kilgore, who co-wrote "Ring of Fire" during a wide-ranging career in music that started in north Louisiana, died Sunday night in Mexico of medical complications related ...

A graveside service was held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at David City Cemetery. Merle Kilgore was born May 31, 1930 to William and Hazel (Raitt) Kilgore in David City. He spent all of his ...

A few years ago, I approached the southwest corner of Eighth Avenue and 57th—I remember it exactly—and was startled to see a man standing there, waiting to cross, who looked very much like Merle ...