Country music legend and Las Vegas mainstay Toby Keith died on Monday of tum malignant neoplastic disease at age 62. The word was proclaimed via a statement posted to his website and societal media accounts.

Keith — born Toby Keith Covel on July 8, 1961, inward Clinton, Okla. — worked on oil color fields during in high spirits school day and played inward the USFL football league before pursuing music.

His first off gig inwards Las Vegas was at Arizona Charlie’s inward 1993. He did deuce shows a dark with a $10 extend charge.

That was before his breakout hit, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” that same year. For the next threesome decades, Keith enjoyed country superstardom. His hits included 1999’s “How Do You Like Me Now?!,” the 2003 Willie Nelson duette “Beer For My Horses,” and 2002’s “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American),” which was inspired past the 9-11 attacks as considerably as the demise of his veteran soldier father.

Keith performs his 2011 song, “Red Solo Cup,” inwards Las Vegas during I of his net appearances. (Image: tasteofcountry.com)

Keith was diagnosed with malignant neoplastic disease inward 2021 and revealed the news a twelvemonth later on Instagram, telling fans that he had been undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery as part of his battle.

Final Vegas Appearance

Keith died to a lesser extent than two months after performing his final shows on Dec 10, 11, and 14 at Dolby Live at Mungo Park MGM in Las Vegas.

The tightknit state euphony community of interests posted tributes on societal media throughout Tues morning.

“Today is a sad twenty-four hours for rural area medicine and its fans,” tweeted Jason Aldean. “Toby was a Brobdingnagian presence inwards our concern and someone we all looked up to and respected. You and your music will follow forever remembered, vainglorious man.”

“Too many rides inwards my older man’s railway car hearing to Toby Keith, really firmly thing to try breathe inwards heartsease my friend,” Zach Bryan tweeted.

Lee Greenwood tweeted that Keith was an “amazing artist, songwriter, patriot and adult male of faith” who “did things his way.”

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