This person died in 2020 at age 73. He was a relative unknown in 1970 when Kris Kristofferson first heard him play one night at a Chicago club. Roger Ebert, the film critic, wrote an early review of him with the headline “Singing Mailman Who Delivers a Powerful Message in a Few Words.” He won a Grammy for best new artist in 1972, and again in 2020 for Lifetime Achievement. Today’s dead celebrity is John Prine.

This episode originally published May 4, 2022.

Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com

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Transcript of this episode

New York Times Obituary for John Prine

John Prine official website

‘John Prine’s Perfect Songs’ in the New Yorker

‘John Prine Isn’t Counting the Time’ from The Ringer

Video for ‘When I Get to Heaven’

Kacey Musgraves sings “Burn One with John Prine” live

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