KING GEORGE The Triumphs and Tragedies In The Life of George Strait THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC THE TRAGEDIES ---George's mother left him as a child when he was in the third grade.
She took his little sister with her.
His mother died in 2010 estranged from her famous son.
---George's beautiful 13 year old daughter, Jennifer was killed in an automobile accident in 1986.
---George's older brother, John Buddy Strait was found dead in a San Antonio, Texas motor inn in 2009.
The Autopsy was immediately sealed.
THE TRIUMPHS ---57 number one hit records.
a record that may never be broken by any artist of any musical genre.
more than Elvis, Michael Jackson or the Beatles.
---The 1981 birth of George's namesake, George Harvey Bubba Strait, Jr.
, his rodeo-ridin son who is writing songs for a career of his own.
---George's nearly 40 year marriage to his high school sweetheart, Norma Voss, the lady that keeps him coming back for more.