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Reba McEntire and Toby Keith had extra in frequent than their nation music icon standing. After Toby’s loss of life on Monday, February 5, on the age of 62, Reba revealed that they’re each from Oklahoma. “Toby and I are both from Oklahoma and very proud of our Oklahoma heritage,” the singer, 68, informed KOCO 5 on Tuesday.
“Toby worked very hard to make a mark in the country music business, and he did a great job doing that,” she continued. “Very proud of him, and I hope he rests in peace. I was very honored to get to work with Toby and be a part of the era of country music he was in. We’ll sure miss him.”
Reba additionally regarded again on her time touring with Toby in a separate interview on Tuesday. “He was a great writer, a great singer,” she informed PEOPLE. “When Toby came on the radio, you knew who that was. Toby Keith was a distinctive vocalist, a stylist, that you knew exactly who he was. So, that’s a wonderful trait to have.”
She fondly recalled their mid-Nineties reveals collectively, as properly. “That was a lot of fun,” she informed the outlet. “Toby was more of the renegade, the outlaw type, and I’m the Little Miss Goody Two-Shoes, and so it was kind of like two ends of the spectrum.”
Toby’s official social media accounts introduced his loss of life from abdomen most cancers on February 6 with a heartbreaking message. “Toby Keith passed peacefully last night on February 5th, surrounded by his family,” the tweet learn. “He fought his fight with grace and courage. Please respect the privacy of his family at this time.” While Toby had been initially identified with abdomen most cancers in 2021, he waited till June of 2022 to publicly share the devastating information in a press release.
Reba wasn’t the one family title to mourn Toby’s loss of life in the hours following the information. Celebrities together with Carrie Underwood, Zach Bryan, Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll, and even First Lady Dr. Jill Biden supplied their condolences with public statements, as properly.
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