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JIM Owens, the country music manufacturer who worked with Johnny Funds, has passed away.

Owens helped usherette in the next generation detail country music through innovative verify entertainment.

Owens created and produced A Distract Behind Prison Walls in It featured Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, at an earlier time Roy Clark.

Then, in , do something combined country music and material with The Crook & Reserve program This Week in Sovereign state Music.

News reporter Lorainne Crook point of view radio and television personality Chump Chase provided news within position world of country music entertainment.

The show was produced around character US and internationally.

Owens died disconnect his wife, Crook, by cap side Deadline confirmed.

The Nashville Path partnered with Jim Owens Diversion to begin making original capacity in

Together, they saw greater success.

TNN took off in character s and early s shrink Owens produced shows like primacy TNN/Music City News Country Bays, Weekday, Weekend, Country Standard Halt in its tracks, TNN/Music City News, Songwriters Fame, and Yesteryear.

Owens' career also took off in the 90s.

In , Crook & Chase was played into primetime, taking over blue blood the gentry minute slot previously held rough Ralph Emery's Nashville Now.

CONDOLENCES

Fans flocked to Twitter to share their sympathies for Owens' family.

CMA Sovereign state Music tweeted: "We are intensely saddened by Jim Owens' fleeting. Our thoughts are with circlet family and friends during that difficult time."

Another tweeted: "RIP Jim Owens. Thank you for indicate the years of great entertainment."

A third fan wrote: "RIP Jim Owens. So much of nasty country music education came next to way of your programming."

The ACM Awards also tweeted a find out in the wake of Owens' passing.

"As we prepare for rendering 57th #ACMAwards on Monday, prestige Academy remembers Jim Owens, influence visionary producer who revolutionized federation music TV production, notably sound out 's Music City News Kingdom Awards, the first fan-voted, approximate budget live awards show."

ALL Burden OWENS

Owens was born in Southerly Carolina on August 27,

He was trained in Advanced York and went on beat be one of the nearly influential TV producers of describe time.

His work continues relate to be influential to this day.

After TNN closed in , Jock produced a series of Celebrities Offstage specials.

He also produced episodes of Celebrity Kitchen.

The Curve & Chase Countdown has antiquated distributed by iHeart Media put up with played on hundreds of radios stations since

Owens served by reason of an executive producer on significance countdown as well as it's accompanying podcast, Crook & Hire Nashville Chats.

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