Kenny Rogers

===Health decline and death===

Rogers's seven-decade career wound down in 2017, as he encountered health problems that included a diagnosis of  [[bladder cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/kenny-rogers-pop-country-singer-of-the-gambler-who-dominated-1970s-music-charts-dies-at-81/|title=Kenny Rogers, pop-country singer of 'The Gambler' who dominated 1970s music charts, dies at 81|date=March 21, 2020|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref>  On March 20, 2020, Rogers died at the age of 81, while under hospice care at his home in [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]].<ref name="Hall">{{cite news| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/actor-singer-gambler-kenny-rogers-dies-81-69724237|title=Actor, singer, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81|first=Kristin M.|last=Hall|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[ABC News]]|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|location=New York City|date=March 21, 2020| access-date=March 21, 2020|url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321070158/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/actor-singer-gambler-kenny-rogers-dies-81-69724237| archive-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Farmer">{{cite news |url= https://wuft.org/nation-world/2020/03/21/country-music-legend-kenny-rogers-dies-at-81| title= Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Dies at 81| first= Blake| last= Farmer|publisher=[[WUFT (TV)|WUFT]] | location=Gainesville, Florida|date=March 21, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref>  He is interred in [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] in [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/the-a-scene/kenny-rogers-will-be-buried-at-oakland-cemetery-more-than-a-year-after-his-death/85-55e63ed0-2024-4481-9f19-68a9bebb4386 |title=Country legend Kenny Rogers will be buried at Oakland Cemetery more than a year after his death |date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=August 8, 2021 |work=[[WXIA-TV]]}}</ref>