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FILE - In this July 6, 2013, file photo, Mel Tillis performs at the Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert at the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. Tillis' publicist said in a statement on Jan. 4, 2017, that the 84-year-old star was hospitalized in Nashville a year ago with diverticulitis and later underwent colon surgery. He says Tillis is recovering at his home in Ocala, Florida. (Photo by Alonzo Adams/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 27, 2013 file photo shows country singer Mel Tillis arriving at the ceremony for the 2013 inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. Tillis is recovering in Nashville after heart surgery over the weekend. According to a statement from his daughter, Pam Tillis, the 81-year-old singer required a “routine heart procedure,” but is expected to make a full recovery. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)