[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 15 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Pages 598-599]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Death of Tammy Wynette

April 7, 1998

    Hillary and I were deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of 
Tammy Wynette. For more than 30 years, Tammy Wynette defined the 
Nashville sound that helped to make American country western music 
popular all over the world. Her string of number one hits has \1\ filled 
music halls, homes, and radio waves--and her trademark style 
has<SUP>1</SUP> filled our hearts and made her a legend. From the 
Mississippi cotton fields where she worked as a child, to the stage of 
the Grand Ole Opry where she presided as the First Lady of Country 
Music, Tammy

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Wynette was an American original, and we will miss her.
    \1\ White House correction.