Post by DRL on Mar 9, 2005 20:52:43 GMT -5
Chris LeDoux, singer/songwriter, rodeo champion and acclaimed sculpture, passed away this morning at the age of 56 in Casper, Wyoming.
LeDoux had checked into the Casper Medical Center earlier this week following complications from ongoing treatment for cancer of the bile duct, and was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death.
In 2000, LeDoux was diagnosed with a liver disease, and successfully underwent a liver transplant. Within six months of the surgery, LeDoux was on tour again.
Late last year, he was diagnosed with cancer and began undergoing radiation treatment.
LeDoux had recorded 22 albums on his own, when Garth Brooks mentioned his name in the song, "Much Too Young (To Be This Damn Old). As a result, LeDoux's music became more widely known, and he signed with Capitol Records Nashville in 1990. He sold nearly six million records for the label.
A devoted husband and doting father, LeDoux spent his time off the road with his family at their ranch in Kaycee, Wyoming.
It is a very sad day.
LeDoux had checked into the Casper Medical Center earlier this week following complications from ongoing treatment for cancer of the bile duct, and was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death.
In 2000, LeDoux was diagnosed with a liver disease, and successfully underwent a liver transplant. Within six months of the surgery, LeDoux was on tour again.
Late last year, he was diagnosed with cancer and began undergoing radiation treatment.
LeDoux had recorded 22 albums on his own, when Garth Brooks mentioned his name in the song, "Much Too Young (To Be This Damn Old). As a result, LeDoux's music became more widely known, and he signed with Capitol Records Nashville in 1990. He sold nearly six million records for the label.
A devoted husband and doting father, LeDoux spent his time off the road with his family at their ranch in Kaycee, Wyoming.
It is a very sad day.
