hand-eye coordination necessary to play the piano. Gilley died of complications from bone cancer. His death was announced on May 7, 2022, by Jeff Wagner, mayor of Pasadena, Texas. Honors In 2017, Gilley was awarded the Key to the City of Winchester, Virginia, by the Hon. David Smith at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music's Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre at Bonnie Blue's Roadhouse Classic Concert. In 2020, a road in Pasadena, Texas, was renamed in his honor as Mickey Gilley Boulevard. Other Gilley was a licensed pilot, holding an instrument rating with commercial pilot privileges for multi-engine airplanes, as well as private pilot privileges for single engine aircraft. The Mickey Gilley Golf Classic The "Gilley" was first organized in 2009 by a group of urban cowboys brought together by their love for golf, country music, and rhinestone shirts. After stints in Branson, Missouri (also known as "The Town that Mickey Built") and Northwest Arkansas (moved due to legal issues), in 2014 the Gilley settled at its current location at Old Kinderhook Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Discography Awards References Rhodes, Don (1998). "Mickey Gilley". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 202. External links Official Website Mickey Gilley at Third Coast Talent at the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame Gilley's Early Rock and Roll Recordings 1936 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American singers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American pianists American country pianists American country singer-songwriters American male pianists American male singer-songwriters Assemblies of God people Charly Records artists Epic Records artists Playboy Records artists Country musicians from Louisiana Country musicians from Mississippi Country musicians from Missouri Countrypolitan musicians Drinking establishment owners Grammy Award winners Musicians from Natchez, Mississippi People from Branson, Missouri People from Ferriday, Louisiana Singer-songwriters from Louisiana Singer-songwriters from Mississippi Singer-songwriters from Missouri