Patsi Bale Cox
DOB Unknown – November 5, 2011
Patsy Bale Cox was a Nashville music journalist and author who penned the popular book, The Garth Factor: The Career Behind Country’s Big Boom, that examined the success of country icon, Garth Brooks. Born in Kansas, Cox settled in Nashville in 1983 and started out doing freelance work while editing bios and such for Capitol and Polygram Records. She eventually became a popular writer of autobiographies in the “as told to” role. Her two such books with Ralph Emery were best sellers. Over the course of her career, Cox wrote books about such music greats as Pat Benatar, Tanya Tucker, Wynonna Judd, Tony Orlando, and Loretta Lynn. As reported by CMT, Patsi Bale Cox died of emphysema on November 5, 2011. She was 66.
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