Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86.Gilley died Saturday in ...

HOUSTON The movie Urban Cowboy made country music cool, a mechanical bull famous, and launched singer Mickey Gilley into super stardom. 'Urban Cowboy kicked my career in high gear, and opened so many ...

PASADENA, Texas -- Country music artist Mickey Gilley dies at 86 years old, according to Mayor of Pasadena Jeff Wagner. Since 1957, the Mississippi native has been creating music based on the sound of ...

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Sherwood Cryer, who co-founded legendary super-size Pasadena honky-tonk Gilley’s and watched it rocket to worldwide fame in the wake of 1980’s Urban Cowboy before a bitter falling out with his partner ...

Mickey Gilley, the man who personified “urban cowboy,” died Saturday. He was 86. Gilley died in his adopted hometown of Branson, Mo., according to a statement on his Facebook page. His cause of death ...

FILE - Country music legend Mickey Gilley, 80, performs at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va. to benefit the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017.