Mickey Gilley recovers from back surgery following fall
Sunday, July 12, 2009 – Mickey Gilley is recovering from back surgery after a fall he took over the Fourth of July weekend. Gilley, 73, fell backward off a 3-foot step in Branson on July 5, hurting his back.
Gilley had surgery and is being transferred for further treatment in Houston. A full recovery is expected. Gilley cancelled his performances in Branson where he has a theatre.
Gilley had many hits in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Once designated as "the world's largest nightclub" by the Guinness Book Of World Records, and turned into an international icon by the movie "Urban Cowboy," Gilley's is now just a memory. The Houston area club burned down in 1989, but Mickey Gilley - in a dispute with the club's co-owner - had removed all of the tapes recorded over the years so they were saved. The material being released on these albums (with more to come) stems from the radio series "Live ...
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