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Reba McEntire and Toby Keith had extra in frequent than their nation music icon standing. After Toby’s demise on Monday, February 5, on the age of 62, Reba revealed that they’re each from Oklahoma. “Toby and I are each from Oklahoma and really happy with our Oklahoma heritage,” the singer, 68, advised KOCO 5 on Tuesday.
“Toby labored very exhausting to make a mark within the nation music enterprise, and he did an incredible job doing that,” she continued. “Very happy with him, and I hope he rests in peace. I used to be very honored to get to work with Toby and be part of the period of nation music he was in. We’ll certain miss him.”
Reba additionally regarded again on her time touring with Toby in a separate interview on Tuesday. “He was an incredible author, an incredible singer,” she advised PEOPLE. “When Toby got here on the radio, you knew who that was. Toby Keith was a particular vocalist, a stylist, that you just knew precisely who he was. So, that’s an exquisite trait to have.”
She fondly recalled their mid-Nineties reveals collectively, as effectively. “That was a variety of enjoyable,” she advised the outlet. “Toby was extra of the renegade, the outlaw sort, and I’m the Little Miss Goody Two-Sneakers, and so it was form of like two ends of the spectrum.”
Toby’s official social media accounts introduced his demise from abdomen most cancers on February 6 with a heartbreaking message. “Toby Keith handed peacefully final night time on February fifth, surrounded by his household,” the tweet learn. “He fought his battle with grace and braveness. Please respect the privateness of his household presently.” Whereas Toby had been initially identified with abdomen most cancers in 2021, he waited till June of 2022 to publicly share the devastating information in a press release.
Reba wasn’t the one family title to mourn Toby’s demise within the hours following the information. Celebrities together with Carrie Underwood, Zach Bryan, Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll, and even First Girl Dr. Jill Biden provided their condolences with public statements, as effectively.
