FILE - Country music legend Mickey Gilley, 80, performs at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va. to benefit the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017.

3 Ariana Grande Reschedules Three Dates on 'Eternal Sunshine' Tour Country legends Johnny Lee and Mickey Gilley will be joining forces to co-headline the "Urban Cowboy Reunion Tour" beginning January ...

Mickey Gilley, country music star and owner of a famed eponymous Texas honky-tonk that inspired the movie “Urban Cowboy,” died Saturday at the age of 86. Gilley “passed peacefully with his family and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mickey Gilley, a country singer and actor who was featured in the 1980 John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy,” has died. He was 86.

Mickey Gilley, the country music star whose Texas nightclub served as the inspiration for the 1980 film Urban Cowboy, died on Saturday in Branson, Mo. His death was confirmed to NPR by his publicist ...

Country music star Mickey Gilley, who served as the inspiration behind the 1980 film Urban Cowboy, passed away at 86. The news of his demise was announced in an official statement by Mickey Gilley ...

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in ...

FILE - Mickey Gilley poses with the Triple Crown Award on the red carpet at the 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, April 19, 2015. Gilley, whose namesake ...

3 Ariana Grande Reschedules Three Dates on 'Eternal Sunshine' Tour Since "Urban Cowboy" was released in 1980, country music has managed to remain current and mainstream. After the movie, it became ...

NEW YORK — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Subscribe to read ...