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Randy Travis’ Wife Recounts Defying Doctors Amid Singer’s 2013 Health Battle

The Grammy-winning singer, who had to relearn walking after a major stroke, has a tour underway and plans a biopic titled ‘Forever and Ever, Amen!’ 
Randy Travis’ Wife Recounts Defying Doctors Amid Singer’s 2013 Health Battle
Randy and Mary Travis speak during the 16th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Aug. 23, 2023. Jason Davis/Getty Images for ACM
Haika Mrema
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Country music legend Randy Travis continues to inspire fans more than a decade after suffering a near-fatal stroke, with his wife, Mary, recalling the moment she chose to ignore doctors’ advice to end life support.

In an interview with Fox News, Mary said physicians warned her in 2013 that Travis was too weak to recover after contracting multiple infections in the hospital.
Haika Mrema
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Haika Mrema is a freelance entertainment reporter for The Epoch Times. She is an experienced writer and has covered entertainment and higher-education content for platforms such as Campus Reform and Media Research Center. She holds a B.B.A. from Baylor University where she majored in marketing.