Ray Price Death
Noble passed away on December 16, 2013 at the age of 87 in Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA. Noble's cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
When did Ray Price die?
December 16, 2013How did Ray Price die? What was the cause of death?
Pancreatic cancerHow old was Ray Price when died?
87Where did Ray Price die? What was the location of death?
Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA
Ray Price Birthday and Date of Death
Ray Price was born on January 12, 1926 and died on December 16, 2013. Noble was 87 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: January 12, 1926
Date of Death: December 16, 2013
Age at Death: 87
Ray Price - Biography
Ray Price was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist who was born on January 12, 1926. Some of his well-known recordings include "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times", "Night Life", and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. Price continued to record and tour well into his mid-eighties.
After leaving Nashville, Price lived his time off the road on his east Texas ranch near Mount Pleasant, continuing to dabble in cattle and horses. Ray Price married twice. He and his first wife divorced in the late 1960s. Price married second wife Janie on June 11, 1970, and they remained together until his death. A son from his first marriage, Cliff Price, also survives.
On November 6, 2012, Ray Price confirmed that he was fighting pancreatic cancer. Price told the San Antonio Express-News that he had been receiving chemotherapy for the past six months. An alternative to the chemo would have been surgery that involved removing the pancreas along with portions of the stomach and liver, which would have meant a long recovery and stay in a nursing home. Said Price, "That's not very much an option for me. God knows I want to live as long as I can but I don't want to live like that." The 87-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer also told the newspaper, "The doctor said that every man will get cancer if he lives to be old enough. I don't know why I got it – I ain't old!" Price retained a positive outlook and hoped to play as many as a hundred concert dates in 2013.
Although in February 2013 the cancer appeared to be in remission, Price was hospitalized in May 2013 with severe dehydration. On December 2, 2013, Price entered a Tyler, Texas, hospital in the final stages of pancreatic cancer, according to his son, then left on December 12 for home hospice care. Price died at his home in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, on December 16, 2013. Ray Price was interred at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.
