Alan Jackson’s daughters are remembering their grandfather, Gene, who passed away in 2000 after exhausting his strength battling Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. They were still very young at the time, but old enough to understand that their beloved grandfather had died unfairly from an illness with no cure — knowing that one day they themselves might face the same disease, but for now…

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After Brandon Blackstock’s funeral, Dolly Parton saw how much Reba McEntire was struggling. Reba’s own son, Shelby, was there to carry Brandon’s ashes, and he shared that his mother cared deeply for Brandon even though he wasn’t her blood relative. “Sometimes she worried about him more than she did about me,” he admitted, “which was a bit uncomfortable — but I realized it wasn’t really a big deal because…”

Reba McEntire Mourns Former Stepson Brandon Blackstock, 48, After Private Cancer Battle Country music legend...