Freddie Hart Death
Freddie passed away on October 27, 2018 at the age of 91 in Burbank, California, United States. Freddie's cause of death was pneumonia.
When did Freddie Hart die?
October 27, 2018How did Freddie Hart die? What was the cause of death?
PneumoniaHow old was Freddie Hart when died?
91Where did Freddie Hart die? What was the location of death?
Burbank, California, United States
Freddie Hart Birthday and Date of Death
Freddie Hart was born on December 21, 1926 and died on October 27, 2018. Freddie was 91 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: December 21, 1926
Date of Death: October 27, 2018
Age at Death: 91
Freddie Hart - Biography
Frederick Segrest (born December 21, 1926), known professionally as Freddie Hart, is an American country musician and songwriter best known for his No. 1 hit "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972.
Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka, Alabama, in 1926 and spent his childhood in nearby Phenix City, Alabama, along with his 11 siblings (Nadine, Bo, Junior, Olin, Marrell, Pearl, Lonnie, Sandra, Gail, J.P., Harold, and a child who died in infancy). He learned to play guitar at age 5 and quit school by age 12. At age 15, Hart lied about his age to join the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, seeing combat action on Guam and Iwo Jima. Following the war, Hart lived in California where he taught classes in self-defense at the Los Angeles Police Academy.
Hart continued to write and record Gospel Music during the 2000's. He received numerous awards and had several number one songs in the Gospel field. In 2004 he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. In 2017 he performed in Pigeon Forge Tennessee and received the Hall Of Fame award from the North American Country Music Associations International.
In March of 2018 he performed for the last time on the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree as a special guest to David Frizzell. Hart sang a new song he had written and just recorded about Lefty Frizzell, titled simply "Lefty". In April 2018 Hart recorded his final album titled "God Bless You". The project, produced by David Frizzell, contains 11 newly written Gospel songs and a remake of his signature song "Easy Loving". The album is set to be released in late 2018.
