Tommy Money, a rustic singer and the youthful brother of Johnny Money, has died. He was 84.
The information of Tommy’s passing was confirmed on Saturday (Sept. 14) in a social media submit by the Johnny Money Museum in Nashville.
“We’re saddened to announce that the world misplaced a vivid gentle final night with the passing of Tommy Money,” reads a press release on Instagram from Icon Leisure CEO Invoice Miller, who based the museum.
A reason for dying was not offered at press time.
Tommy died on Friday, simply sooner or later after the twenty first anniversary of late nation music icon Jonny Money, who handed away on Sept. 12, 2003, from problems of diabetes.
“Tommy Money was a loyal supporter of the Johnny Money Museum and a really beloved member of our prolonged household in addition to a extremely revered member of the music trade,” Miller added. “This nice man will probably be deeply missed by his mates and lots of loyal followers around the globe. Please maintain Tommy’s beloved spouse, Marcy and his household in your prayers.”
Tommy was born in Dyess, Ark., on April 5, 1940. Following the inventive path of his older brother, Tommy enlisted within the U.S. Military and labored as a radio DJ for the Armed Forces, and later carried out as a musician with Hank Williams Jr.‘s band.
Tommy’s solo music profession started to take off after scoring his first report deal in 1965. Three years later, he launched his debut album, Right here’s Tommy Money, and scored his first prime 10 on Billboard‘s Sizzling Nation Songs in 1970 with “Six White Horses,” a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. The monitor, which reached No. 4, was later coated by nation nice Waylon Jennings.
Tommy scored two extra prime 10 hits on Sizzling Nation Songs in 1970 with “Rise and Shine” and “One Tune Away.” He went on to carry out as a musician over the a long time, teaming up along with his massive brother Johnny on “Guess Issues Occur That Method” in 1990.
“He carried out around the globe all through his profession, carrying on the Money legacy lengthy after his brother, Johnny Money, handed in 2003,” Miller concluded in his assertion.
See the Johnny Money Museum’s announcement about Tommy Money’s dying on Instagram right here.
