Bill Cody, Longtime Voice of Grand Ole Opry, Dies at 67
- On Tuesday, Nashville radio deejay and Grand Ole Opry announcer Bill Cody died following a lengthy battle with kidney and heart failure.
- Born Trent Clutts in Kentucky, the broadcaster began his career at age 17 at Lexington station WVLK, adopting the name Bill Cody in honor of his childhood hero, Buffalo Bill Cody.
- Hosting duties included the popular morning show on WSM-AM and 'Opry Country Classics,' and he was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall in 2008.
- Country music stars including Garth Brooks, Carly Pearce, and Dierks Bentley issued tributes, while Patrick Moore, CEO of Opry Entertainment, praised his 'profound gravitas' and infectious enthusiasm.
- The Grand Ole Opry will dedicate its live broadcast this Saturday to Cody, while WSM plans a marathon tribute and he will be posthumously inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall later this year.
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Bill Cody, the voice of WSM Radio and the Grand Ole Opry, dies at 67
Nashville and beyond is mourning the loss of WSM Radio and Grand Ole Opry host Bill Cody, who died at 67 on Tuesday. In May, his daughter shared that the country music icon had suffered critical organ failure and needed a transplant.
Longtime Grand Ole Opry announcer Bill Cody dies at 67
Cody, a Country Radio Hall of Famer, spent over 30 years hosting WSM Radio's morning show, "Coffee, Country and Cody." In doing so, he went on to become one of the most familiar voices in country music broadcasting.

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