August 21, 1939) died on April 24, 2020, after a long battle with kidney failure, at age 80. Awards Academy of Country Music 1972 Top Vocal Group 1977 Top Vocal Group 2016 Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award Country Music Association 1972 Vocal Group of the Year 1973 Vocal Group of the Year 1974 Vocal Group of the Year 1975 Vocal Group of the Year 1976 Vocal Group of the Year 1977 Vocal Group of the Year 1979 Vocal Group of the Year 1980 Vocal Group of the Year 1984 Vocal Group of the Year Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Inducted in 2008 Gospel Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007 Grammy Awards 1965 Best New Country & Western Artist 1965 Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance – Group (Vocal or Instrumental) – "Flowers on the Wall" 1972 Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group – "The Class of '57" American Music Awards Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group 1979 Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group 1980 Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group 1981 Retirement The group disbanded and retired after completing a farewell tour on October 26, 2002. Balsley and Don Reid continue to reside in Staunton, as did Harold Reid until his death in April 2020; Fortune, though, relocated to Nashville, where he continues his music career as a solo artist, having released three albums under his own name. The Statlers remain one of the most awarded acts in the history of country music. Don Reid has pursued a second career as an author. He has written six books of his own. Reid and his sons Donald II "Debo" and Langdon co-wrote You Know It's Christmas When . . . His brother Harold and he co-wrote a history of the Statler Brothers titled Random Memories, released in February 2008. In 2020, Reid wrote a complete anthology of the Statlers' songs, simply titled The Music of the Statler Brothers. Grandstaff/Wilson Fairchild Wil and Langdon Reid, the sons of Harold and Don, respectively, formed a duo in the 1990s, originally performing under the name Grandstaff. In 2007, Grandstaff recorded "The Statler Brothers Song," a tribute song to the Statlers. In an interview on Nashville's WSM (AM) on March 25, 2010, Wil Reid said that they decided to change their name to Wilson Fairchild after many people got the name "Grandstaff" wrong during introductions. The name comes from "Wilson," Wil's middle name,