Don Williams PHOTO | AFP
Don Williams PHOTO | AFP

World Country music singer and songwriter Don Williams die at the age of 78. The gentle Giant posed singer died in Alabama. The country music fans have been left in the dark after the demise of the world pop singer Michael Jackson.



Don Williams, the country singer and Nashville songwriter best known for his 1981 hit ballad I Believe in You, has died at home in Alabama aged 78.


On Friday his publicist confirmed Williams, who was known as “the Gentle Giant” because of his easygoing temperament, died after a short illness.


Williams had 17 number ones in the US and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010 before he retired in 2016. Williams was known for his rich voice, gentle delivery and storytelling style. He toured sparingly, did few media interviews and spent much of his time on his farm west of Nashville.


The Country music singer will be buried this weekend in Alabama. Fans across the world are expected to attend his last mass tomorrow. The people expected to attend will be approximately 25,000 across the world.

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