He never stood any taller than 4'11", but he cast an impressive shadow on eight decades of country music. James Cecil Dickens - known to generations of Grand Ole Opry fans as Little Jimmy Dickens - died in a Nashville area hospital on Friday. He was 94. Dickens died of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. He is survived by his wife, Mona Dickens, married since 1971, and two daughters, Pamela Detert and Lisa King. Dickens was the longest running member of the Opry, joining in 1948, and last performed at the Opry on Dec. 20, 2014, singing "Out Behind The Barn" and delivering his trademark comedy.
- 1/3/2015
- by Kay West
- PEOPLE.com
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