Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry Dead at 50 After Helicopter Crash
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Troy Gentry, one half of the popular country duo Montgomery Gentry, died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey on Friday, September 8th, where he was scheduled to perform this evening. With
his performing partner Eddie Montgomery, Gentry enjoyed a series of country
hits throughout the 2000s, including five Number Ones. He was 50 years old.
The duo’s team shared the news earlier on Twitter, saying that no further details about the crash were known at this time. “[The] family wishes to acknowledge all of the kind thoughts and prayers, and asks for privacy at this time,” they wrote.
— Montgomery Gentry (@mgunderground) September 8, 2017
Born April 5th, 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky, Gentry and his eventual singing partner Eddie Montgomery formed the band Early Tymz with Eddie’s brother John Michael Montgomery, who’d go on to solo success as a country singer. Gentry tried his hand at a solo career, but eventually reunited with Montgomery to become Montgomery Gentry.
The duo signed with Columbia Records’ Nashville division, releasing their first single “Hillbilly Shoes” and the top 5 follow-up “Lonely and Gone” – both from the album Tattoos Scars – in 1999. The next year they were named the ACM’s Duo of the Year, and were nominated several times in the years that followed. Their next album, 2001′s Carrying On, produced the Number Two hit “She Couldn’t Change Me.” Montgomery Gentry really hit their stride in 2002, releasing a pair of top 5 hits in “My Town” and “Speed” that combined the electrified edge of Southern rock with popular country themes of small town life, family and embracing the good times.
The duo scored their first Number One with the outlaw’s love story “If You Ever Stop Loving Me” from 2004′s You Do Your Thing. They followed that with subsequent chart-toppers “Something to Be Proud Of,” “Lucky Man,” “Back When I Knew It All” and “Roll With Me,” the last of which came in 2008. In 2009, they were invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.
Early in the 2010s, Montgomery Gentry departed Columbia Nashville and signed with independent Average Joes, releasing the album Rebels on the Run and earning a top 10 hit with “Where I Come From.” Their most recent release came in 2015 with the album Folks Like Us, which produced two singles: the title track, and “Headlights.”
Gentry
is survived by his wife Angie and two daughters. Funeral arrangements are not yet known.
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Eric Bolling is out at Fox News over sex pictures, while Charles Payne returns to Fox Business
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Sexual harassment investigations at Fox News had on-air hosts coming and going on Friday.
The network has cut loose Eric Bolling, who was suspended on Aug. 5, and has also canceled his daily program “Fox News Specialists.”
The law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison, investigated allegations that Bolling used his cellphone to send unsolicited photos of male genitalia to current and former female colleagues at the network. The firm has been handling harassment claims at the 21st Century Fox unit.
“Fox News Channel is canceling the ‘Specialists,’ and Eric Bolling and Fox have agreed to part ways amicably,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement. “We thank Eric for his 10 years of service to our loyal viewers and wish him the best of luck.”
Earlier Friday, Fox News confirmed that Fox Business host Charles Payne is returning to his job at the network after he was cleared in an internal investigation of sexual harassment claims lodged by a female political analyst who was a frequent guest on his program.
A Fox News representative confirmed that the company’s review of the allegations against Payne has been completed and that he would return to his nightly program “Making Money” on Friday night.
Bolling’s program, “Fox News Specialists” was to have its final airing Friday. His co-hosts, Kat Timpf and Eboni Williams, will remain with Fox News as contributors. An hourlong newscast will fill the 5 p.m. Eastern hour starting Monday.
The allegations against Bolling were among the many to hit 21st Century Fox, which has been plagued by sexual harassment allegations since former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit last year against the network’s former chief executive, Roger Ailes. Since then, other women have come forward with allegations against Ailes, who died in May, and other significant figures at the company.
The network’s star anchor, Bill O’Reilly, was pushed out in April after reports that he and Fox had paid out millions of dollars to settle harassment claims going back to 2004.
Payne has been off the air since July 6 when he was suspended hours after the Los Angeles Times first reported that he was being investigated over allegations of sexual misconduct.
No other details about the results of either investigation were available, but Payne’s return seems to indicate he was cleared, while Bolling was not.
No comment has been given by the attorneys for the hosts.
Bolling, 54 was a rising star at Fox News. After a career as a commodities trader, he became a commentator at CNBC. He joined Fox Business Network in 2007 and eventually became part of the late afternoon roundtable show “The Five” on Fox News Channel.
After O’Reilly’s departure, “The Five” moved to prime time, but Bolling stayed in the late afternoon slot to head up “Fox News Specialists.” He signed a new multi-year contract earlier this year.
Bolling was suspended after a report from the web site HuffPost said the host was sending lewd photos from his cellphone to former and current female colleagues at the network. Bolling’s lawyer issued a denial and the host threatened to sue the reporter who broke the story, but no suit has been filed.
Payne was investigated on charges from a female political commentator who said she was allegedly coerced into a sexual relationship with him in return for guest appearances on the network.
Payne acknowledged that he was in a three-year “romantic relationship” with the woman. But he has called the claims of harassment “an ugly lie.”
The woman was never an employee of Fox News but appeared as a guest on numerous Fox News and Fox Business Network programs with the hope of becoming a paid contributor.
She has told her lawyer, who prepared a legal complaint against Fox News and Payne, that she stayed in the relationship with the host because she believed he would help her chances of landing a paying position at the network. She alleged that her opportunities diminished after the relationship ended in 2015 when Payne’s wife learned of their involvement.
Payne, who joined Fox Business in 2006 as a contributor, signed a new multiyear contract in June.
stephen.battaglio@latimes.com
Twitter: @SteveBattaglio
UPDATES:
1:40 p.m.:This article was updated with additional details about Bolling’s termination.
This article was originally published at 9:45 a.m.