Mac Davis, songwriter, singer, and actor has died.

Taste Of Country ^ | September 29, 2020 | Angela Stefano

[PallMal]

Mac Davis, the writer of Elvis Presley's "In the Ghetto" and a former ACM Entertainer of the Year winner, has died. He was 78 years old.

[PallMal]

First Helen Reddy, now Mac Davis. RIP.

[Qiviut]

I used to LOVE Mac Davis ‘back in the day’. RIP Mac.

[A_perfect_lady]

Dang, we’re in for another Run of Death, I can see. I loved his “Emily Suzanne” and “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me.”

[PGalt]

Condolences to family and friends of Mac Davis. R.I.P., sir. love.

[shotgun]

Starting quarterback for the Dallas Bulls.

[montag813]

North Dallas Forty. His first acting gig, and a memorable one.

[dfwgator]

Great movie.

RIP.

Next to Buddy Holly, the most famous son of Lubbock, Texas.

[PallMal]

I was just a kid, but his role in North Dallas Forty was indeed memorable.

[OrioleFan]

Oh Lord It's Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis

[Red Badger]

Both 78.......................

[xrmusn]

Hard to be Humble....

All us ‘virile’ young(ish) men of the time were ‘part’ of that one

Not quite sure if it a good or bad thing when ‘they’ start dying younger than you...(AND they are ‘oldish’)

RIP

[PallMal]

Is it me, or does it seem that more and more people are dying before they reach 80 years old, then say, 20 or 30 years ago?

[kosciusko51]

Well, it seems like there are more octogenarians in the Senate than 20 or 30 years ago.

[Red Badger]

I notice that as well, but it may be because, at 65, I am approaching that age, too..................................

[deport]

..

[bhive]

“And when I die, you can bury me, in Lubbock Texas, in my jeans”

[dfwgator]

If you’re talking celebrities from the 70s, it kind of makes sense, it was a time of excess, it takes a toll in the end.

[PallMal]

I've noticed that even the famous are dying before they get to 70, or barely over 70.

I don't know, maybe I'm imagining it.

[cincinnati65]

I thought he played a great “Don Meredith”....

[dfwgator]

Street near Texas Tech University is named after him.