Joe Ely, the singer-songwriter who helped drive a new wave of Texas-based music that united rock and country fans in the 1980s and beyond, died Monday. The cause of death was complications from Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia.
An announcement from the family said that Ely died at his home in Taos, New Mexico, with his wife and manager, Sharon, and daughter, Marie, at this side.
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Ely had announced his diagnosis of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s in a Facebook post on Sept. 9, “not to dwell in hardship, but to bring understanding, awareness and hope through the healing
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