Bluegrass music pioneer Bill Monroe dies at 84.(Originated from Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: September 9, 1996| Author: Lawrence, Keith | Copyright information

Bluegrass music lost its father Monday.

William Smith ``Bill'' Monroe, whose hardscrabble Kentucky childhood inspired the creation of bluegrass music in the 1940s, died at Northcrest Home and Hospice Center in Springfield, Tenn., at age 84. He had suffered a stroke earlier this year.

Friday would have been Monroe's 85th birthday.

On Sept. 23, more than 20,000 bluegrass fans from 49 states and more than a dozen countries are scheduled to gather in Owensboro,...

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