Jim Ed Brown, a long-time Grand Ole Opry member, died of cancer on Thursday. He was 81.
The country music star passed away at the Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. He will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year.
Brown was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2014. The cancer went into remission in January after treatment but returned more aggressively in recent weeks, reported USAToday.
After he resumed chemotherapy, fellow ountry legend Bill Anderson visited Brown in his hospital room to present him with a Country Music Hall of Fame medallion, five months ahead of the official induction ceremony.