Country music star Hank Locklin, who helped pioneer the idea of the concept album and whose songs were popular from Ireland to Japan, has died at age 91, Grand Ole Opry officials said on Monday. The singer, songwriter and guitarist died on Sunday at his home in Brewton, Alabama, of undisclosed causes. Born Lawrence Hankins Locklin in 1918 in Florida's timber-rich Panhandle, he played guitar and sang on radio stations across the South as a teenager. - Reuters
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