It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

Country music great Kitty Wells, 92, has died of complications from a stroke. Her husband, a musician named Johnny Wright, died in September of 2011. The two were married around 74 years, one of the longest marriages in show business history. Only Art Linkletter was married longer in the annals of showbiz, at least of those well known.

Her signature tune, or one of them:



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In 2008, the Library of Congress announced that Wells' record had been added to its National Recording Registry of works of unusual historic merit.

Also that year, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum honored her with an exhibit about her career.

Her second hit, Paying for That Back Street Affair, in 1953, was also written as an answer to a previous hit, Webb Pierce's Back Street Affair.

She was known as a gracious, elegant and family-oriented person.

"What I've done has been satisfying," she said in the 1986 AP interview. "I wouldn't change a thing."

About her many years of touring, she said, "I like going to different places and seeing the scenery and meeting the people. I've always enjoyed traveling. It's as good a way as any to spend your time."

Another of her famous songs: