Ray Price: Country Legend’s Son Prematurely Reports His Death

Reports that country legend Ray Price had died snowballed on Dec. 15, after a Facebook post from the ailing crooner’s son Cliff prematurely confirmed his passing. Now Cliff Price has backtracked, saying that he was ‘deceived by some cruel people’ and that Ray was still alive, but barely hanging on. On Dec. 15, Cliff Price wrote on Facebook that his beloved father, the iconic country crooner Ray Price, had died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. Hours later, Janie Price — Ray’s wife of 45 years — posted that Cliff’s report was false, and that Ray was alive but barely hanging on. Read more about Ray’s current condition below. Ray Price Still Alive: Son Was ‘Deceived By Some Cruel People’ Ray, who was known for having one of the greatest voices in country music, revolutionized the genre in the 1950′s with hits like “Crazy Arms” and “City Lights.” Ray has also been extremely ill as of late, so the reports that he died surrounded by family in Texas on Dec. 15 weren’t entirely unreasonable — but they were also completely false. According to Rolling Stone, days after Ray decided to end his cancer treatments and retire to hospice care, Cliff price was given the false report that his father had died. “I believe it,” he wrote on Facebook, before taking the message down after learning the truth. “I believe I have been deceived by some cruel people and they need to stop this,” Cliff wrote on Dec. 15. “I understand my Dads is still alive but barely hanging on.” Yikes! Janie Price then posted yet another update, telling fans that Ray was still holding on, and that his friend and country radio figure Bill Mack would post approved updates on his Facebook page about the singer’s condition. Bill has since posted three posts on Ray’s condition, and as of 10:15PM central on Dec. 15, Ray was still alive...more: