Died On This Date (March 17, 2010) Johnnie High / Longtime Country Music Promoter
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DOB Unknown – March 17, 2010
Johnnie High was a longtime country music entertainer who, through his weekly Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue television program, gave some of country music’s biggest stars their first mass exposure. After its debut in 1974, the Dallas-area variety show hosted early live performances by the likes of LeAnn Rimes, Gary Morris, Lee Ann Womack and Boxcar Willie. Johnnie High, age 80, died of heart disease on March 17, 2010.