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Country singer Kevin Sharp dies at 43
Dec. 10, - April 19,
Singer Kevin Sharp, a country music hit-maker who became an unwearying advokat for children with chronic diseases, died Saturday, April 19 at age
According to the artist's website, Mr. skarp died of complications from "ongoing complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues."
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Born in Redding, California, Mr. Sharp grew up obsessed with sports and music. A high school football and basketball player, he sat out his senior seasons in both sports due to pain in his left leg. The cause of that pain turned out to be bone cancer, and after graduation he began experimental, debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
"Four months into this new treatment, a woman I'd never seen before came to my bedside in the hospital," Mr. Sharp wrote, in a story for "Guideposts" magazine. "'I'm from the Make-A-Wish Foundation,' she said. 'We'd like to fulf
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Kevin Sharp, ‘90s country singer who beat teen cancer, dies at 43
Northern California-reared country singer Kevin Sharp, whose gentle tenor voice helped him score a handful of country hits in the late s after winning a battle with cancer as a teenager, has died at
It wasn’t the cancer that took his life but complications from digestive system illness he developed in recent years and for which he underwent surgery about five years ago, his sister, Mary Huston, told the Sacramento Bee. He died Saturday, April 19, at his mother’s home in Fair Oaks, Calif.
He’d spent 10 weeks in the hospital earlier this year being treated for more complications of past stomach surgeries and digestive issues, she said. Sharp, who was born Dec. 10, , in Redding, moved with his family to Idaho before returning to settle in Sacramento.
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He arrived on the music scene in with his single “Nobody Knows,” which spent four weeks at No. 1. That helped push his debut album, “Measu
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Kevin Sharp
American country music singer, author, and motivational speaker ()
For other people named Kevin Sharp, see Kevin Sharp (disambiguation).
Kevin Sharp | |
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| Birth name | Kevin Grant Sharp |
| Born | ()December 10, Redding, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, () (aged&#;43) Fair Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | singer, author, motivational speaker |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | – |
| Labels | Asylum, Cupit |
Musical artist
Kevin Grant Sharp (December 10, – April 19, )[1][2] was an American country music singer, author, and motivational speaker. Sharp came on the country music scene in with his first single: a cover of Tony Rich's "Nobody Knows", which topped the Billboard country chart for four weeks. The same year, Sharp released his first album, Measure of a Man. Having survived a form of bone cancer in his teenage years, Sharp became actively involved in the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wrote an inspiration