Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley (b. July 1, 1955 in Sandy Hook, Kentucky - d. May 9, 1989 near Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer.

Alcoholism and death

Keith Whitley was a longtime alcoholic, who had begun drinking early in his career -- long before he was legally allowed to drink alcohol. Many times he had tried to cure his alcoholism, but these methods had failed, even though Whitley claimed to had conquered his drinking. Whitley preferred to drink alone, making it tough for anyone to detect he had been drinking.

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Whitley's alcoholism was a major contributor to his death on May 9, 1989. Although friends and relatives claimed he had not been drinking a few hours before he was found dead in his home, an autopsy revealed that the cause of his death was alcohol poisoning. He was discovered to have more than five times Tennessee's legal driving limit of alcohol in his bloodstream at the time of his death.

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May 9 - 1989

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