George Jones had to nearly lose his life to finally get sober after years of battling a crippling addiction. It was 1999 and the country music singer was driving while talking to his stepdaughter ...

A list of the top George Jones songs reads like a list of the greatest songs in all of country music. When Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, Reba McEntire introduced ...

Tibrina Hobson/Getty George Jones’ widow, Nancy, has made it her life’s mission to keep her late husband’s memory alive. On Tuesday, June 3, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium joyfully ...

George Jones was battling a crippling addiction to alcohol when he fell deeper into a rabbit hole. It was March 1977, two years after his divorce from Tammy Wynette, when he appeared on stage ...

Tammy Wynette and George Jones were married from 1969 to 1975 Emily Shiffer is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has been featured in Women's ...

A statue of George Jones was unveiled on the Ryman Auditorium's "Icons Walk." Jones joins other country music icons like Little Jimmy Dickens, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride on the ...

There’s a photo from the 1950s of country singer George Jones standing against a car, squinting into the sun. Maybe it’s the uncomfortable half-smile or the way the shadows are hitting his 20 ...

Nancy Jones was married to Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones for the final 30 years of his life. During that time, she had a seeming lifetime of experiences that altered her perception of ...

George Jones achieved 79 top 10 hits and 10 no. 1 hits including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” which is widely recognized as the greatest country song of all time. In his lifetime ...

Tammy Wynette showed the world she loved George Jones. And she stood by her man, but could only be his wife for so long. Country's first couple while they were married—and still a formidable ...

George Jones lived like a Southern gentleman in an immaculately well-appointed manor home fit for one of the greatest country singers in the history of the genre. Pictures from Jones' former ...