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Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry Dead at 50 After Helicopter Crash

September 9, 2017 by  
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Troy Gentry, one half of the popular country duo Montgomery Gentry, died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey on Friday, September 8th, where he was scheduled to perform this evening. With
his performing partner Eddie Montgomery, Gentry enjoyed a series of country
hits throughout the 2000s, including five Number Ones. He was 50 years old.

The duo’s team shared the news earlier on Twitter, saying that no further details about the crash were known at this time. “[The] family wishes to acknowledge all of the kind thoughts and prayers, and asks for privacy at this time,” they wrote.

Born April 5th, 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky, Gentry and his eventual singing partner Eddie Montgomery formed the band Early Tymz with Eddie’s brother John Michael Montgomery, who’d go on to solo success as a country singer. Gentry tried his hand at a solo career, but eventually reunited with Montgomery to become Montgomery Gentry.

The duo signed with Columbia Records’ Nashville division, releasing their first single “Hillbilly Shoes” and the top 5 follow-up “Lonely and Gone” – both from the album Tattoos Scars – in 1999. The next year they were named the ACM’s Duo of the Year, and were nominated several times in the years that followed. Their next album, 2001′s Carrying On, produced the Number Two hit “She Couldn’t Change Me.” Montgomery Gentry really hit their stride in 2002, releasing a pair of top 5 hits in “My Town” and “Speed” that combined the electrified edge of Southern rock with popular country themes of small town life, family and embracing the good times.

The duo scored their first Number One with the outlaw’s love story “If You Ever Stop Loving Me” from 2004′s You Do Your Thing. They followed that with subsequent chart-toppers “Something to Be Proud Of,” “Lucky Man,” “Back When I Knew It All” and “Roll With Me,” the last of which came in 2008. In 2009, they were invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Early in the 2010s, Montgomery Gentry departed Columbia Nashville and signed with independent Average Joes, releasing the album Rebels on the Run and earning a top 10 hit with “Where I Come From.” Their most recent release came in 2015 with the album Folks Like Us, which produced two singles: the title track, and “Headlights.”

Gentry
is survived by his wife Angie and two daughters. Funeral arrangements are not yet known.

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US warplanes call off surveillance of an ISIS convoy, at Russia’s request

September 9, 2017 by  
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BEIRUT — At Russia’s request, the U.S. military on Friday called off its surveillance of a convoy of Islamic State fighters that has been stuck in the Syrian desert for the past 10 days, saying it is now up to the Syrian government to resolve its fate.

The decision to withdraw the warplanes that have been circling over the convoy came after Syrian troops advancing through the province of Deir al-Zour passed the point where the convoy is located, leaving it behind Syrian army lines, according to a military statement.

The convoy became stuck in the no man’s land between the front lines of the Syrian Army and the Islamic State, after the U.S. military bombed the road ahead to prevent it from reaching Islamic State territory in eastern Syria. It had been traveling there from western Syria under the terms of a deal struck between the Islamic State and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement to end fighting along the Lebanese border.

Because Syrian troops are now in control of the area, the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State agreed to a Russian request to halt the surveillance, in the interests of deconflicting the rival Russian- and U.S.-backed efforts to defeat the militants, the statement said.

The military added that it would continue to try to prevent the militants on board the buses from reaching Iraq.

“The regime’s advance past the convoy underlines continued Syrian responsibility for the buses and terrorists. As always, we will do our utmost to ensure that the ISIS terrorists do not move toward the border of our Iraqi partners,” said Brig. Gen. Jon Braga, director of operations for the Coalition.

U.S. military officials had previously said that they would not allow the buses to reach any Islamic State controlled area, in Syria or Iraq. It is unclear whether the Syrian advance into the area means the terms of the Hezbollah-brokered deal will now be fulfilled, and the buses will be allowed to proceed to their original destination, the Syrian border town of Bukamal.

The original convoy of 17 buses loaded with Islamic State fighters and their families had already broken up, with six managing to head back into Syrian government territory, and 11 getting stuck after the bombing of the road. The U.S. military did not bomb the convoy itself because of the presence of women and children on board.

There were several reports that some individual fighters managed to escape across the border into Iraq, and Hezbollah said in a statement on Saturday that some buses had made it into to Islamic State territory, without giving details. An official linked to Hezbollah said the number was four.

But the U.S. military said it was sure no buses made it into militant controlled areas. The military also said it killed 85 fighters in the vicinity of the buses who were attempting to escape.

Suzan Haidamous contributed from Washington

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