sound, considered unique in their time—Paycheck's in particular. Personal life Paycheck was married; he and his wife Sharon had a son. In the 1990s, he began capitalizing the 'c' in his surname to PayCheck. Legal troubles In the 1950s, he was court-martialed and imprisoned for two years for assaulting a naval officer. In 1981, Paycheck was arrested for statutory rape of a 12-year-old girl in Wyoming. Members of Paycheck's band told police that the singer had numerous problems with allegations because of his celebrity status. He was released on bond. In 1982, he pleaded no contest in order to continue his touring and not go to trial. The prosecution's witnesses were reluctant to testify. He pleaded down to a misdemeanor and received a $1,000 fine. A $3 million civil suit resulted from the incident, but the case never made it to a court. In December 1985, Paycheck was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail for shooting a man at the North High Lounge in Hillsboro, Ohio; he had fired a .22 pistol, and the bullet grazed the man's head. Paycheck claimed the act was self-defense. After several years spent fighting the sentence, he began serving his sentence in 1989, spending 22 months in prison before being pardoned by Ohio Governor Richard Celeste. In 1990, he filed for bankruptcy after tax problems with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) such as a $300,000 lien. Health issues and demise Although Paycheck was addicted to drugs and alcohol during his career, he later was said to have "put his life in order" after his prison stay. After 2000, his health would only allow for short appearances. Contracting emphysema and asthma after a lengthy illness, Paycheck died at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2003, aged 64. He was survived by a son and two daughters. He was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville, in a plot donated by George Jones. Legacy A tribute album, Touch My Heart: a Tribute to Johnny Paycheck, was released in 2004 on the Sugar Hill Label. Produced by Robbie Fulks, the album features George Jones, Marshall Crenshaw, Hank Williams III, Al Anderson, Dallas Wayne, Neko Case, Gail Davies and Fulks himself covering some of Paycheck's best-known songs. In his song "Grand Ole Opry (Ain't So Grand Anymore)", Hank Williams III praises Paycheck (along with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Hank Williams Jr.) as a "real