Bill Mack, the songwriter and longtime radio host who wrote the LeAnn Rimes mega-hit “Blue,” died on July 31 from COVID-19 and underlying health issues. He was 91.
Born Bill Mack Smith on June 4, 1929, in Shamrock, Texas, to Irene and Ernest Smith, Mack developed an interest in music early on; as a teenager, he formed a band that played dances at Shamrock High School. After attending West State Texas College, he launched a career as a singer-songwriter, signing with Imperial Records in 1951 and going on to record for a series of other labels, including Starday, United Artists, MGM, Hickory and Phillips.
Mack's son Billy, who followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a radio host himself -- he currently serves as program director and on-air personality at country station KSTV outside Fort Worth -- says his father lived by a simple credo.
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