Singer-Songwriter John Prine Dies of Coronavirus at 73
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.
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