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Los Angeles Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Ray Stevens shares update after minor heart attack: ‘Everything is still beautiful!'
Singer Ray Stevens has shared his first update since being admitted to the hospital on July 4 for surgery. According to his Instagram, the 86-year-old has been moved out of intensive care and is continuing to recover. 'Ray is out of ICU and beginning to walk the halls as therapy with a nurse's assistance as he is working towards recovering from this surgery,' the post from Wednesday reads. 'Ray is very grateful for all of the cards and get-well messages. Everything is Still Beautiful!!!!' The last line is a reference to one of Stevens' best-known songs, the Grammy Award-winning 'Everything Is Beautiful.' In a previous statement provided to People magazine, representatives of Stevens said he was recovering after a 'minimally invasive heart surgery' on Monday. On July 4, he went to a Nashville hospital after experiencing chest pain. Following a heart catheterization, Stevens was informed that he had suffered a minor heart attack. A subsequent surgery was carried out successfully. Though the two-time Grammy winner's upcoming performances at his CabaRay Showroom in Nashville have been canceled, fans are just happy to hear he is OK. 'This is the good news I was waiting for,' one Instagram user commented under the update. Another rejoiced, saying it was 'great news in a world of such sadness and loss recently.' Stevens has had a successful music career, cutting his first top 10 pop hit, 'Ahab the Arab,' in 1962. The singer has recorded 45 albums, according to his website, won two Grammy Awards, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019. Following the induction, Stevens was asked whether he would be retiring anytime soon. 'I feel fine; I'll probably keel over after I hang up the phone,' he joked. In 2024, he announced he would be hanging up his boots — only to change his mind a year later with the release of a new album, 'Say Whut?' 'Although I said earlier that last year was going to be my final year at the CabaRay … I'm kind of going back on that because I want to promote this album,' he told NewsChannel 5 Nashville.
USA Today
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Country singer Ray Stevens undergoes surgery after suffering mild heart attack
Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Stevens is on the mend. "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival" crooner, 86, behind fan favorite hits such as "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty," as well as the comedic "The Streak," is in recovery after undergoing minimally invasive heart surgery on Monday, July 7, according to a press release shared by Stevens' rep Don Murry Grubbs with The Nashville Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network. Three days prior, Stevens had complained of chest pain and was admitted to a Nashville hospital. After a heart catheterization procedure, doctors determined he'd suffered a mild heart attack, the release said. Stevens' initial surgery was successful, but performances at his West Nashville-based CabaRay Showroom are canceled through July as he recovers. Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, Tony Brown named 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees For six decades, two-time Grammy winner Stevens has been synonymous with the crossover of country's traditions into mainstream pop. That success has yielded the sale of more than 40 million albums, as well as inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and a star on the Music City Walk of Fame. Seven years ago, Stevens opened the CabaRay Showroom, a live music venue and dinner theater located in West Nashville. Since then, he has performed hundreds of weekly concerts in the 35,000-square-foot venue, inspired by the feel of an old Las Vegas casino showroom. "The reason I built the CabaRay was I was just tired of the road, tired of traveling or having to get on a plane or bus to go where I needed to perform," the performer said when interviewed by The Tennessean last year. "I'm just doing what I've always done and trying to make music. I love what I do and I do just want to continue to do that as long as I can," Stevens said.
