We often assume that musicians eat, sleep, and breathe their artistic craft, and while that’s often true, Marty Robbins used music as a means to an end to fund his true dream job: a stock-car racer.
On this day (December 8) in 1982, Marty Robbins died from a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 57. During his career, he launched several songs to the top of the country charts.