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The finest moments from an American icon

From his signature “The Gambler” to duets with Dottie West, Kim Carnes, and Dolly Parton

Decades before hologram tours, one rogue ’70s promoter found another way to put Elvis, Janis, Jim Morrison, and other late icons back onstage

Singer pays tribute to her “Islands in the Stream” duet partner, “a wonderful man and a true friend”

Rogers’ 1986 song “You’re My Love” was penned by the late legend under the pseudonym “Joey Coco”

Country star helped future Eagles singer – then a member of the band Shiloh – land his first record contract: “Fifty years ago, the Gambler took a gamble on me”

Rob Sheffield salutes the grizzled genius of the silver fox