Charlie Daniels, country music legend, dead at 83

[GhostofDempsey]

Charlie Daniels, a country legend who topped the charts with his hit song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday at age 83, his rep said.

Daniels, who was a Country Music Hall of Famer, died at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after he suffered a stroke, doctors said.

He previously experienced a mild stroke in January 2010 then had a heart pacemaker implanted in 2013.

Daniels, a singer, guitarist and fiddler, continued to perform even with his health in decline in recent years.

[juandabomb]

R.I.P. Mr.Daniels..that man could play that fiddle like no other

[TJ highway]

In 1985 Charlie Daniels Played a free concert for the service members during Fleet Week at San Francisco. He brought friends 38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Marshall Tucker Band. R.I.P. thanks for the memories.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

R.I.P. Charlie Daniels. Great musician and a great man.

[Tony Trick-Pony]