Jimmy Dean has passed away. "Big Bad John" Jimmy Dean. American country music star, country comedy performer, easy to take Jimmy Dean. Smiling Jimmy Dean. Country story telling Jimmy Dean, who sung songs of the American working man, of folk heroes. Jimmy Dean, the entertainer.

Jimmy Dean died yesterday, Sunday evening, June 13, of natural causes at his Varina, Virginia home, at the age of 81. He was a singer and actor, with a string of hits in the 1960s, with the huge pop music hit, his tribute to miners, "Big Bad John," in 1961, that won him a Grammy. In the 1960s, he was a national television personality. In the mid 1960s, he was the host of his own popular music TV variety show, "The Jimmy Dean Show," and in the late 1960s, he was a regular on the TV series "Daniel Boone."

I like all kinds of music. Country folk songs are among my favorites. Jimmy Dean songs are among my favorite music.

R.I.P. Jimmy Dean.