Singer kevin sharp biography
•
Country singer Kevin Sharp dies at 43
Dec. 10, - April 19,
Singer Kevin Sharp, a country music hit-maker who became an unwearying advocate for children with chronic diseases, died Saturday, April 19 at age
According to the artist's website, Mr. Sharp died of complications from "ongoing complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues."
MORE:Kevin Sharp fans react to his death on social media
Born in Redding, California, Mr. Sharp grew up obsessed with sports and music. A high school football and basketball player, he sat out his senior seasons in both sports due to pain in his left leg. The cause of that pain turned out to be bone cancer, and after graduation he began experimental, debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
"Four months into this new treatment, a woman I'd never seen before came to my bedside in the hospital," Mr. Sharp wrote, in a story for "Guideposts" magazine. "'I'm from the Make-A-Wish Foundation,' she said. 'We'd like to fulf
•
Kevin Sharp, ‘90s country singer who beat teen cancer, dies at 43
Northern California-reared country singer Kevin Sharp, whose gentle tenor voice helped him score a handful of country hits in the late s after winning a battle with cancer as a teenager, has died at
It wasn’t the cancer that took his life but complications from digestive system illness he developed in recent years and for which he underwent surgery about five years ago, his sister, Mary Huston, told the Sacramento Bee. He died Saturday, April 19, at his mother’s home in Fair Oaks, Calif.
He’d spent 10 weeks in the hospital earlier this year being treated for more complications of past stomach surgeries and digestive issues, she said. Sharp, who was born Dec. 10, , in Redding, moved with his family to Idaho before returning to settle in Sacramento.
PHOTOS: Notable deaths of
He arrived on the music scene in with his single “Nobody Knows,” which spent four weeks at No. 1. That helped push his debut album, “Measu
•
Country music singer Kevin skarp dies at age 43 after battle with cancer
FAIR OAKS, Calif. - Kevin Sharp, a country music singer who recorded multiple chart-topping songs and survived a well-publicized battle with cancer, has died. He was
His sister Mary Huston said Sharp died at his mother's Fair Oaks, Calif., home, at p.m. Saturday of complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues.
"He had a strong heart, that's what kept him alive, (but) I'm so happy for him, that there's no more suffering," Huston said through tears and exhaustion. She had cared for her brother since his return home to Northern California last Friday after 10 weeks in the hospital.
Sharp gained fame with the release of "Nobody Knows," a single on his debut skiva, "Measure of a Man." He released two other albums, "Love Is" in and "Make A Wish" in
Born in in Redding, Calif., Sharp was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, as a high school senior. He overcame it after