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Hall-of-Fame country DJ Bill Mack dies of COVID-19 at age 88

| July 31, 2020 2:06 PM

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Longtime country music disc jockey Bill Mack, whose “Blue” became a hit for LeAnn Rimes and won a 1996 Grammy Award for Country Music Song of the Year, died Friday at age 88, his son said.

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