RIP Mickey Gilley

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Country music legend Mickey Gilley died on Saturday surrounded by family and close friends. He was 86-years-old.

The announcement comes after Gilley announced tour date cancellations on May 1, saying health issues and energy levels prevented him from being at 100 percent at his shows.

Gilley, whose career and business interests were synonymous with the Urban Cowboy movement of the 1980s, had a career that spanned seven decades and included musical hits like “Room full of roses,” and “Stand By Me,” and cameos in Urban Cowboy, the movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger that was set at his Gilley’s nightclub.