Don Schlitz, who has died of an aneurysm aged 73, was a songwriter who had a huge global hit with Kenny Rogers’s version of ...

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Don Schlitz, who died April 16, became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017, thanks in part to a celebrated ...

Forty-nine years ago today, Kenny Rogers was at the top of the country chart for the first time with a song his mom didn't ...

Don Schlitz, known for writing Kenny Rogers’ iconic song “The Gambler,” died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after a sudden ...

Kenny Rogers became one of the most enduring superstars in country music history, but he was a middle-aged man looking for an ...

COUNTRY music legend Don Schlitz, who penned Kenny Rogers’ classic hit The Gambler, has died aged 73. The North Carolina ...

Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The Gambler" on ...

Country Music Hall of Famer Don Schlitz, songwriter behind hits for Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis and The Judds, has died at age ...