NASHVILLE, Tenn. (News Channel 5) – A private funeral service has been held for Merle Haggard. The Country Music Hall of Fame musician died this week at his home in California after fighting double ...

Friends and family also gathered to say their final goodbyes to Merle Haggard during his funeral held at his personal recording studio in Redding, California, on Saturday. Security was at the family ...

New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The ...

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When Merle Haggard died Wednesday at the age of 79, country singers Connie Smith and Marty Stuart felt as though they’d lost a member of their family. On Saturday the two will pay tribute to the music ...