FILE - In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Jack Clement poses for photographers in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. Clement, a producer, engineer, songwriter and beloved figure who helped birth rock ‘n’ roll and push country music into modern times, died Thursday morning, Aug. 8. He was 82. Clement’s career included stops in Memphis at Sun Records where he discovered Jerry Lee Lewis and Nashville where he was a close collaborator of Johnny Cash, Charley Pride and fellow 2013 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Bare. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP, File)
August 08, 2013 - 10:39 AM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - "Cowboy" Jack Clement, a producer, engineer, songwriter and beloved figure who helped birth rock 'n' roll and push country music into modern times, has died. He was 82.
Dub Cornett, a close friend of Clement's, says his hospice nurse confirmed Clement died Thursday morning. He passed away just months after learning he would be joining the hall of fame, a fitting tip of the cowboy hat to the man whose personal story is entwined with the roots of rock 'n' roll like few others. He was to be inducted at a ceremony later this fall.
Clement's career included stops in Memphis at Sun Records, where he discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, and Nashville, where he was a close collaborator of Johnny Cash, Charley Pride and fellow 2013 inductee Bobby Bare.
News from © The Associated Press, 2013