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George Jones was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas, into a very poor family and was one of eight children. George Jones died on April 26, 2013 at the age of 81. After winning induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, he received the National Medal of the Arts in 2002. A decade later, in 2012, he garnered one of the greatest honors of his career: a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. George Jones is regarded as a Country Music Icon. May God Bless Nancy Jones and her family.
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