Country Artists We’ve Lost in 2013: George Jones

George Jones was remembered as one of the greatest country singers of all time during his funeral on May 2. The legendary singer died six days earlier, after entering the hospital on April 18 with a fever and irregular blood pressure. The official cause of his death was hypoxic respiratory failure.

News of the Possum's passing stopped Music City in its tracks on April 26. Tributes from an all-star cast of singers came pouring in. Dozens of current and future Country Music Hall of Famers poured into the private and public service to remember his life. His wife Nancy would call her husband a brave man, who died peacefully knowing he was going to Heaven.