Charlie Louvin, a Country Music Hall of Fame member as one-half of the Louvin Brothers, died early Wednesday morning (Jan. 26) after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 83. He received the cancer diagnosis in July.
Louvin got his start as the younger half of the sweet-singing Louvin Brothers, a duo influenced by such earlier sibling acts as the Monroe Brothers, the Delmore Brothers and the Blue Sky Boys. In turn, the Louvins helped pave the way for the Everly Brothers and influenced a wide variety of artists, including Emmylou Harris and the late Gram Parsons.
