{
  "id": 8717927,
  "title": "Edward Morris, Nashville Editor and Columnist Who Steered Billboard’s Country Coverage, Dies at 90",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/edward-morris-nashville-editor-and-columnist-who-steered-billboards",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T15:58:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/edward-morris-dead-nashville-country-music-journalist-1236870142/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Edward Morris, a Nashville-based music journalist who edited Billboard’s country coverage, wrote a popular CMT.com column and penned numerous books, died Thursday at age 90. The family did not give a cause of death. Morris was best remembered in the country community for a 14-year tenure with Billboard from 1981 to 1995, the last four […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}