Don Schlitz

Artist Bio:

Grammy Award-winning country and pop music songwriter; wrote or co-wrote twenty-one Country #1 hits for a variety of artists, including “The Gambler” (#16, Country #1, 1979) for Kenny Rogers, “Forever and Ever, Amen” (Country #1, 1987) for Randy Travis, and “When You Say Nothing at All” (Country #1, 1988) for Keith Whitley; commissioned by then US President George H. W. Bush to write a theme song for his Points of Light program, the song “Point of Light” (Country #3, 1991) became another hit for Travis; issued solo albums in 1980, 2001 and 2010; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017 and died in a Nashville hospital after an aneurysm on 4/16/2026, age 73.

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Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz

Obituary Link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/obituaries/don-schlitz-dead.html