on the wings of a dove

Ferlin Eugene Husky was born in 1925 in Flat River, Missouri.  As a young man, he would serve in the United States Merchant Marines; entertaining troops with his singing in WWII, and even participating in the D-Day invasion at Cherbourg.  (according to his website.)

We have just learned that Country Music "legend" and Country Hall of Famer, Ferlin Husky has passed away at age 85.  He had been suffering from congestive heart failure.