Country Singers Mourn the Death of Joe Diffie

Diffie died of COVID-19 over the weekend

Joe Diffie performs onstage during the 2019 Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, on April 26, 2019. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach

Grammy Award-winning country singer Joe Diffie died at age 61 after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a representative on Sunday, prompting a number of singers to mourn his ddeath

“Joe Diffie passed away today, Sunday, March 29 from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19). His family requests privacy at this time,” reads a post on his Facebook page.