http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/entertain ... l?adkey=bn
(CNN)Country music legend Merle Haggard, best known for such patriotic hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me," died Wednesday, his birthday, at his home in Northern California. He was 79.
Haggard died of complications from pneumonia, his agent Lance Roberts told CNN.