Iconic Singer/Songwriter and Actor Ed Bruce Dead at 81

Country singer-songwriter and actor Ed Bruce has died in Tennessee, his publicist confirmed. He was 81.

A Gibson acoustic guitar in the Gibson trailer at the annual Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on Aug. 5, 2006. Brian Snyder/File Photo via Reuters

Country singer-songwriter and actor William Edwin Bruce Jr. (Ed Bruce) has died in Tennessee, his publicist confirmed. He was 81.

Bruce, best known for co-writing “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” together with his wife Patsy Bruce in 1975, died from natural causes in his Clarksville home on Friday, his publicist confirmed to Fox News.