Joe Diffie’s Widow Rejects Alternative Theories About Country Star’s Death

Joe Diffie arrives at the 12th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 22, 2018. Al Wagner/Invision/AP

Weeks after 1990s country superstar Joe Diffie’s reported death from COVID-19, his wife called on people to stop sharing claims that he actually died from lung cancer or something else.

Joe Diffie’s widow, Tara Terpening Diffie, asked people to stop sharing misinformation about her husband’s cause of death.