Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicIt didn’t take long after news broke Saturday that legendary country musician Charley Pride died of complications from COVID-19 for musicians and industry professionals to speculate whether he contracted the virus at the Country Music Association Awards (CMAs), which took place on Nov.
11 in person though socially distant. Among those to posit such a connection was Maren Morris, who tweeted, “I don’t want to jump to conclusions because no family statement has been made, but if this was a result of the CMAs being indoors, we should all be outraged.
Rest in power, Charley.”In response, the CMAs and representatives of Charley Pride issued a statement detailing the COVID protocols put in place for the.