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Taking the stage inside the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the singer serenaded the crowd with an a cappella rendition of "Me and Bobby McGee" by , who died in September at age 88.
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SIGN UP "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose / Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free," McEntire sang. "Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues / And buddy, that was good enough for me / Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee."
After getting the audience to sing along to the chorus, the 70-year-old told fans, "Those are the words of the great Kris Kristofferson. The Academy of Country Music honored him with the Poet's Award. What a poet he was."
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"Tonight, we remember kris and all those in our extended country music family who passed on this past year," McEntire continued. "And that list includes my buddy Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys, the wonderful singer-songwriter Melba Montgomery, the highly respected musical publisher Ben Vaughn and Dolly Parton's husband and love of 60 years Carl Dean."
She added, "They all brought music to our lives and live on forever in our hearts."
The award show comes two months after Dean's death. He .
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” Parton shared in statement shared on at the time. “Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years."
Since then, life has admittedly been for the 9 to 5 star, who met her late husband when she was 18.
"I get very emotional when people bring it up," Parton said of Dean's passing in a May interview with . "I'll be fine, and I'm very involved in my work, and that's been the best thing that could happen to me. But I'll always miss him, of course, and I'll always love him."
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