Photos: Remembering singer-songwriter Mac Davis, 1942-2020
Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting Elvis hits, died at 78. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Musician Mac Davis appears at the Texas Film Awards in Austin, Texas, on March 6, 2014. Davis, a country star and Elvis songwriter, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, after heart surgery. He was 78. Davis started his career writing hits for Presley, including “A Little Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto.” (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
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Mac Davis and his wife Lise Kristen Gerard appear at the 63rd Annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 3, 2015. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP)
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Musician Mac Davis performs at the Texas Film Awards on March 6, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
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Musician Mac Davis arrives at the Texas Film Awards on March 6, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
Mac Davis
Musician Mac Davis arrives at the Texas Film Awards on March 6, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
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Inductee Mac Davis arrives at the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony June 15, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting Elvis Presley hits and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006, has died at 78.
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