Earl scruggs

• NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS/AP) Thousands crowded into this citys Ryman Auditorium Sunday to pay tribute to bluegrass musician and Grand Ole Opry star Earl Scruggs.
(CBS News)
• A thousand people, many of them banjo players, gathered Sunday afternoon at Nashvilles Ryman Auditorium to pay final respects to Earl Scruggs, a bluegrass pioneer whose playing redefined the instrument. Scruggs passed away Wednesday at age 88.
(USA Today)
• Earl Scruggs, bluegrass and banjo legend, passed away Wednesday (March 28) at the age of 88 from natural causes.
(Zap2it.com)
• Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.
(nola.com)
• Two legendary banjo players died this week — Earl Scruggs and E.C. Miller. While Scruggs was the better of the two, having played on a much bigger stage for most of his career, Miller was among the most respected banjo players in East Tennessee.
(Elizabethton Star)
• Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs died Wednesday morning at a Nashville hospital. The bluegrass legend and one-half of the forever influential duo Flatt and Scruggs died of natural causes, according to his son Gary. He was 88.
(Taste of Countroy)
• Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs, a singular talent of collective import, died Wednesday at a Nashville hospital. He was 88.
(First Coast News)
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(CMT)