Charley Pride, Negro Leagues veteran and country music trailblazer, dead of COVID complications
by Dustin Foote from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5BKGP)
You know Charley Pride, the country singer. The three-time Grammy winner recorded over 40 No. 1 hit country songs and became the genre's first Black superstar. But before his music career, Pride was a professional baseball player.