Longtime Billboard Country Music Contributor Chuck Dauphin Dies at 45
(WorldNews Music)

Chuck Dauphin, a Billboard contributing writer since 2011, died Wednesday (Sept. 18) of complications from diabetes. He was 45. The longtime radio and music journalist was an esteemed Nashville fixture, well known for his passionate support of country music. During his last days at Nashville’s Alive Hospice, he was kept company by a steady stream of music community friends including John Schneider (who sang The Dukes of Hazzard theme to him); one of his heroes, former WSM-Nashville DJ and Grand Ole Opry announcer Keith Bilbrey; and country superstar Randy Travis. “If ever you needed a friend...or a kind word, you could count on Chuck Dauphin. A gentleman through all the years...