Toby Keith Covel was known as Toby Keith. He was a Country music icon. He was famous for “Red Solo Cup” and “Should Have Been a Cowboy.”
One of Keith’s standout songs certainly sparked some controversy in the country music world and beyond. In 2002, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Keith came up with “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)”. In the song, he sends a clear message, warning, “You’ll be sorry you messed with the U.S.A. / Cause we’ll put a boot in your ass / That’s the American way.”
“I wrote it so that I had something to play for our fighting men and women,” he told Time magazine in 2004. He played it at the U.S. Naval Academy, and it was a huge hit. But, Keith said, “once people said I should release it, I knew there was going to be trouble.”
Toby Keith Cause of Death and Obituary
Recently the news of Toby Keith’s death is coming out. Toby Keith died on 5 February 2024 in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 62.
Singer-songwriter Toby Keith’s cause of death was a colon cancer diagnosis. He came to know about it in 2021.
Country music icon Toby Keith died Monday night. His family shared and wrote a statement on social media.
“Toby Keith passed peacefully last night on Feb. 5 surrounded by his family, the statement read. “He fought his fight with grace and courage.”
“Please respect the privacy of his family at this time,” the message concluded.
Toby Keith was born on July 8, 1961 in Oklahoma and raised on a farm outside of Oklahoma City.
View this post on Instagram
Who is Toby Keith Wife?
Toby Keith was a married man. Toby Keith wife was Tricia Lucus. They married in 1984.
The couple got married after dating each other for three years. After getting married, Toby Keith adopted Tricia Lucas’s daughter, Shelley Cowell Rowland, who was born in 1980.
The couple also have two children- a daughter Krystal in 1985 and a son Stelen in 1997.
Read Also:- ABS-CBN’s Dreamscape Entertainment head Deo Endrinal Dies at 60, See Endrinal Dies cause of Death
