Ira Louvin Dies, ACM Honors Legends – Today In Country History
The Music and Memories of June 20
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Charlie Louvin, of the Louvin Brothers, passed away early Wednesday Morning, January 26, 2011 due to complications from pancreatic cancer at the age of 83. Ira and Charlie Louvin, inducted as members of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, were one of the hottest duet acts in Country Music from 1955-1965, when Ira was killed in a car crash at 41.