Joe Bonsall, the longtime member with the Oak Ridge Boys who retired in January following a four-year battle with the neuromuscular disorder Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, died today, July 9. He was 76.

His death was announced by a spokesperson for the Bonsall family.

The news comes less that ten days after the July 1 death of Rusty Golden, the 65-year-old musician son of The Oak Ridge Boys’ William Lee Golden. Both Golden and Bonsall were residents of Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Bonsall joined the popular country and gospel singing group the Oak Ridge Boys in 1973, and his tenor vocals and high harmonies quickly became an integral part of the group’s sound on on such hits as “Elvira” and “Bobbie Sue.”

The Oak Ridge Boys, which has sold more than 41 million records, won five Grammys and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015. The group was founded in 1943 as the Oak Ridge Quartet,...