![Bluegrass Music Legend & Pioneer, Ralph Stanley Dead at 89 [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2016/06/RalphStanley.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Bluegrass Music Legend & Pioneer, Ralph Stanley Dead at 89 [VIDEO]
In the same day we enjoyed the great sounds of bluegrass music at ROMP, broke ground on the International Bluegrass Music Museum and Hall of Fame, it's with a heavy heart that we hear of the passing of Bluegrass Music Legend & Pioneer, Ralph Stanley yesterday at the age of 89. He became better known in mainstream music with the popularity of the 2000 hit movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in which he also won a Grammy Award. After complications with skin cancer, Ralph Stanley has died. Watch his Grammy winning recording of "O Death".
More From WBKR-FM
![Country Music Hall of Famer Mac Wiseman Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2019/02/GettyImages-489237394-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Larry Maglinger Releases Bluegrass-Infused Rod Stewart CD [Track Listing]](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2017/03/A17.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![International Bluegrass Music Museum and Hall of Fame Breaks Ground [PHOTOS]](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2016/06/IMG_4267.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Alan Jackson Goes Bluegrass](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2013/07/Alan-Jackson.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Popular Nashville Songwriter Really Wants to Move to Henderson, KY](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2024/07/attachment-10-PER-FAMILY2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Downtown Owensboro Prepares for Potentially ‘Epic’ Friday After 5 Crowd](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design91.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![See Garth Brooks & Dolly Parton at The Caverns in Tennessee . . . Well, Kinda](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design88.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Kentucky’s Marty Brown Explains How His Mom’s Microwave Helped Him Write Hit Songs](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2024/05/attachment-Marty-Brown.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Country Star Andy Griggs Talks Roller Coasters, Buying Underwear and Living in Kentucky](http://townsquare.media/site/76/files/2024/07/attachment-GettyImages-105474713.jpg?w=980&q=75)