LOS ANGELES -- Country music mainstay Merle Kilgore, who managed Hank Williams Jr. and co-wrote the hit tune Ring of Fire with one-time client June Carter Cash, died in Nashville Sunday of congestive ...

According to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Kilgore spent much time with Williams. As a result, he decided to try his hand at songwriting. When he was 18 years old, he wrote “More and More,” ...