Country music lost an icon this week. Toby Keith passed away Monday after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 62.
The Oklahoma native was a larger-than-life entertainer with a penchant for patriotic anthems that his critics would label jingoistic. The man known as “Big Dog Daddy” was far more nuanced than his over-the-top persona and hit songs would suggest. Keith, born Toby Keith Covel, lived a quintessentially American life. It engendered in him a true love for this country, one marked by a sincerity that is increasingly scarce and scorned.
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