Sing on, Merle

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Mama tried

“Songs, I think, are more important than human beings. They really are. They live on forever.”

—Merle Haggard (1937-2016) The country music legend died of pneumonia last week on his 79th birthday

• Editorial Comment: One and only rebel child/From a family meek and mild


PeezPix by Ted Pease

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