Joyce ‘Dottie’ Rambo Dies in Bus Wreck
Joyce ‘Dottie’ Rambo, a legendary gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday morning when her tour bus crashed into a highway embankment in Southwest Missouri. She was 74.
A spokesperson for her recording label confirmed to Knoxville, Tennessee television station WVLT that the Kentucky native was asleep at the time of the accident.
Statement from Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton, who has recorded some of Rambo’s songs, sent condolences to “everyone involved in this terrible tragedy.”
“I know Dottie is in heaven in the arms of God right now, but our earth angel will surely be missed,” Parton said in a statement. “Dottie was a dear friend, a fellow singer, songwriter and entertainer, and as of late my duet singing partner.”
Rambo was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame last year and the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
She was awarded the 1968 Grammy for Best Soul Gospel Performance for The Soul of Me.
RIP Dottie
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My husband and I were inspired by her anointed songs that we also begin singing back in 1975 and have sung many of her songs. We will miss her but know we will see her when our time comes to go home. We want send our love and prayers to her family and to let them know she was one of a Kind!!!!
I really loved dottie rambo she was truly one of a kind. I met her for the first time in the late 1970s. Then several times after. sure miss her. Hope all is well with her family. From RUTH ANN.