The Life and Times of Keith Whitley (Part 5)

Part 5 of a documentary so many of you have requested. Enjoy!

Includes interviews with the people that knew Keith best--his family, Lorrie Morgan, RCA exec Joe Galante, country music historian Robert K. Oerrmann, record producers Garth Fundis & Blake Mevis, and Keith's bassist Mike Chamberlain. Full of rare pics & video clips.

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[drfever99]

How Did She Know He Was Doing Cocaine?

[MAMsMom97]

Who the heck knows? Have you read her book? I didn't appreciate the fact that she divulged things about Keith that I didn't necessarily want to know.

[garthboy]

what exactly did she say in her book?

[MAMsMom97]

I don't know if I want to answer this. But all this came from the book, that he was hanging around sex shops, and that Lorrie found him once passed out & not breathing, and when the paramedics revived him he got mean and had to spend a night in jail. And that he flipped his Jeep out on I-75 north going at least 90mph heading for a liason in Lexington. And he'd drink everyone's cologne on the bus. The story Dateline NBC put out after the book came out, I can't stand to watch.

[drfever99]

Is that story by Dateline NBC anywhere to be seen at?

[MAMsMom97]

I have it, but it's so trashy and sensationalistic that I would never dare put it on. I think it's pure trash.

[kdkkcc6]

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I WOULD LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC ON MY LITTLE TAPE PLAYER..I HAD TO HAVE IT EVERY NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO BED.

Yes, Keith was human just like the rest of us and made mistakes just like we all do everyday. Just because he was a great music singer doesnt mean that she had to air HIS dirty laundry to the world! How would she feel if someone did that to her like her ex-husband Sammy Kershaw? I know what comes around goes around, her day is coming and I hope they GIT-R-DONE!!!!!!

[kdkkcc6]

@bluegrassman776, I have 2 disagree with u about women always taking up 4 Lorrie because I cant stand her, I believe she is the reason Keith is dead. @JohnnyTruthSmaksHard, I agree with you that Lorrie is the last person that Keith should have been with!!! He could have done way better than her for sure........HE WOULD STILL BE HERE IF IT WAS NOT FOR HER..........I WOULD HAVE TO DRINK ALL THE TIME TO IF I HAD TO PUT UP WITH HER 24/7.!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kdkkcc6]

@MAMsMom97, thank you for posting this video. Keith Whitley is one of my all time favorite singers. @Idolfan21785, I agree with you 100%, I think if Keith had left Lorrie then he would still be alive today and still singing his heart out.@bluegrassman776, I have to disagree with you about women always taking up for Lorrie because I cannot stand her, I believe she is the reason Keith is dead.@JohnnyTruthSmaksHard, I agree with you that Lorrie is the last person that Keith should have been with!!!

[APRIL62318]

@drfever99 they were married

[Idolfan21785]

I Think If Fate Hadn't Dealt Her Hand The Way It Was Dealt That Keith Whitley Would Still Be A HUGE Country Star And I Think Too That He'd Be A Member Of The Grand Ole Opry

[jameshoutx]

She was not putting things out there to get people mad and to say negitive things but it was his life.

[bugmusk6]

@michelleleawaldrop wow is that really true?

[BucksStudent]

@MAMsMom97 I also didn't like that she had to constantly hint at their great sex-life. Who cares if Keith was good in bed or not, Lorrie? I think if artist's wives and husbands write books on their spouses, there should be a warning on the cover...

[mhenington09]

nobody here knows what it's like to live with an alcoholic, so do not judge! None of you were there, so you do not know what happened. He was a great singer, but it does not make him a saint. He was human, like we all are. And he made mistakes, just as we all do. But do not make him out to be this "great" guy when he WAS an alcoholic, and he DID do things that were BAD. The people around him loved him, and you can tell by the way the spoke of him. You all blame Lorrie, what about his family?

[bluegrassman776]

looks like some people agree with me, how come women always take up for lorrie, guys all i saying just watch this whole thing and read between line when she is talking ,, she is condicting was other people are saying.