Merle Haggard's Life in Pictures
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Merle Haggard in 1964
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Merle Haggard in Los Angeles in September 1966
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Merle Haggard on The Johnny Cash Show on August 2, 1969
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Merle Haggard in 1970
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Merle Haggard on The Johnny Cash Show on January 21, 1971
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Merle Haggard in the Mid-1970s
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Merle Haggard Performing for President Richard Nixon and His Family on March 17, 1973
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Merle Haggard With Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond on Donny & Marie on January 14, 1977
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Merle Haggard on The Merv Griffin Show in the Late 1970s
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Merle Haggard With President Ronald Reagan on March 16, 1982
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Merle Haggard in 1985
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Merle Haggard at the Country Music Festival in London on April 1988
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Merle Haggard Performing at the Oakland Coliseum on January 19, 1990
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Merle Haggard and The Strangers at Tramps in New York City on June 23, 1993
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Merle Haggard With Vince Gill and Jane Seymour at the 29th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on May 3, 1994
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Merle Haggard on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on January 15, 1996
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Merle Haggard With Marty Stuart Filming the "Farmer's Blues" Music Video on August 31, 2003
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Merle Haggard With Keith Richards, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Kid Rock on May 5, 2004
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Merle Haggard at the Willie Nelson 4th of July Concert in San Antonio, Texas on July 4, 2008
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Merle Haggard at the 2nd Annual ACM Honors on September 22, 2009
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Merle Haggard With Paul McCartney and Bill T. Jones at the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors on December 4, 2010
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Merle Haggard With Jason Aldean at the 2014 CMT Artists Of The Year in Nashville on December 2, 2014
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Merle Haggard Performing at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California on April 24, 2015
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