His publicist confirmed his death on behalf of his family. Prine had been in the hospital since March, and it was announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 17.
“Somebody told him to go in the backroom and listen to this kid,” Prine recalled on NPR in 2018. “I was the kid. And he wrote a full page – ‘Singing Mailman Delivers the Message,’ I think that was the headline…and I never had an empty seat after that.” After eight well-received major label albums for Atlantic and Asylum, including sets produced by his friend Goodman, Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the MGs and Sam Phillips of Sun Records, Prine stepped away from recording for four years to reconsider his career.
In later years, a series of health crises slowed Prine’s creative output. In 1996 he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his neck. He also endured lung cancer surgery in 2013, and was forced to cancel tour dates when tests indicated he needed an operation to forestall a potential stroke.
Returning to the Chicago area, Prine returned to a postal route in Maywood, and fell in with an active local scene that centered around the Old Town School of Folk Music, a hub where such performers as Goodman, Bonnie Koloc and Fred Holstein developed their reputations. He was a much-admired performer by the time his breaks came via the attention from Ebert and Kristofferson.
This is so sad RIP the great JohnPrineMusic who I had the pleasure of meeting in London when he came to Sam Philips event I was hosting bfi NFT TremoloDocs Film_London AlwaysOutlawUK
*complications related to the virus
I official want this virus to kiss my a** 😢
cecilhaire Dear Abby Dear Abby, you won’t believe this, John Prine is dead and we sure will miss
kinsellawarren A sad way to go for such a decent human being. I'm glad he was acknowledged for his greatness before his passing. Other lions of his genre, like Guy Clark, never really got what they deserved.
RIP brother
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May John Prine Rest In Peace..🙏🏻
“When I die let my ashes float down the Green River, Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam, I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin', Just five miles away from wherever I am”
robertloerzel Good time for a listen of 'Please don't bury me'
“When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand?” JohnPrineMusic RIPJohnPrine
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Oh no, I'm sorry to hear this
Dereklowe
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I’m so incredibly sad about this. 💔
😢RIP thank you for the music 🎶
I'm weeping. Devastated.
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