Charlie Robison dead at 59: Texas country singer who lost ability to sing after surgery
Texas country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison has died at age 59 after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications.
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Texas singer-songwriter Charlie Robison has tragically aged 59.
The performer died at a hospital in San Antonio on Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative.
Robinson, who penned rootsy anthems that appeared on the country charts, was forced to retire after complications from a medical procedure left him unable to sing.
He came into the country music scene in the late 1980s, playing in local Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler before forming his group Millionaire Playboys.
In 1996, he released his solo debut, Bandera, named for the Texas Hill Country town where his family has had a ranch for generations.
In 1998, Robison was approached by Sony, and signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was produced rawer country.
He released his album Step Right Up in 2001 and it produced his only Top 40 country song, I Want You Bad.
In 2018, Robison announced that he had permanently lost the ability to sing following surgery on his throat.
At the time, he wrote on Facebook: “Therefore, with a very heavy heart I am officially retiring from the stage and studio."
However, he didn't leave show business for good.
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Robison served as a judge for one year on USA Network’s Nashville Star, a reality TV show that combined Big Brother and American Idol where contestants lived together while competing for a country music recording contract.
The music star is survived by his wife, Kristen Robison, and four children and stepchildren.
Robison had his first three children with his first wife, Emily Strayer, a founding member of the country band The Chicks.
They divorced in 2008.
He and his second wife had a son in February 2020.
He recorded the record while living across from the Greyhound bus station in San Antonio, in a loft apartment with mismatched furniture and beer bottles everywhere, “the quintessential bachelor pad,” he recalled.
In 2009, Robison told The Associated Press: “People come up to me and say they’re going through something right now, and it’s like this is completely written about them. I wasn’t meaning to do that, but it’s been a residual effect of the record.”
Robison released his final album, the rock-tinged High Life in 2013, and it included a cover version of Bob Dylan’s When I Paint My Masterpiece.
The country singer's memorial services are pending.
