On Tuesday night he remains of singer, who passed away aged 81, were brought home to Oram village in Co Monaghan for a public reposal at the community centre, with the coffin placed beneath a giant mural of the man himself. People have flocked from all over Ireland to rural County Monaghan to pay tribute to the man they called “the King” of Irish country.
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- On this day November 03, 2008After being diagnosed with lung Cancer in May of 2008, Merle Haggard had surgery to remove part of the upper lobe of his right lung that had a lemon-size tumor growing on it.