{"id":128588,"date":"2017-09-08T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=128588"},"modified":"2017-09-08T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:35:40","slug":"country-singer-don-williams-passes-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=128588","title":{"rendered":"Country singer Don Williams passes, 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128589\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/WilliamsDon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/WilliamsDon2.jpg 223w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/WilliamsDon2-140x175.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Don Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like &#8220;I Believe in You,&#8221; has died. He was 78.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from his publicist said he died Friday after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>Williams had 17 No. 1 hits and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010. His mellow sound influenced a later generation of singers including Joe Nichols and Josh Turner.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, nicknamed &#8220;the Gentle Giant,&#8221; had a rich voice, gentle delivery and storytelling style.<\/p>\n<p>His hits included &#8220;I Believe in You,&#8221; &#8221;Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good,&#8221; &#8221;You&#8217;re My Best Friend,&#8221; &#8221;Some Broken Hearts Never Mend,&#8221; &#8221;Till the Rivers All Run Dry, &#8220;Back in My Younger Days,&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got a Winner in You.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Don Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like &#8220;I Believe in You,&#8221; has died. He was 78. A statement from his publicist said he died Friday after a short illness. Williams had 17 No. 1 hits and was inducted into the Country Music Hall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":128590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128592,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128588\/revisions\/128592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}