John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Maywood, Illinois but raised in Chicago. His music was often seen as protest and social commentary. He began making music for Atlantic Records in 1971. In 1984 he co-founded Oh Boy Records, an independent record label. In 1992 and 2006, Prine won a Grammy Award.
Later life
In 1998, he was diagnosed with a form of melanoma in the neck. In 2013, he discovered he had lung cancer.
On March 26, 2020, Prine was hospitalized with COVID-19. Two days later, his health was reported as critical. On April 7, 2020, he died of the disease in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 73.
Discography
Studio albums
The Missing Years (1991 )The Tree of Forgiveness'' (2018)