Local News Coverage/Footage of Keith Whitley's Funeral, 1989 

Keith Whitley's death was the time when that hit the nail in Country Music's coffin and died with him. I think he would of been someone just as how George Strait became who he is.

The day the world lost a giant in the Music World........

Man, He had "It"! whatever that special magic is that all the greats have, he had it. I still get chills when I hear his voice. Definitely one of the greats! Blew me away when I heard he had passed.

I was only three years old when he died, but have been a fan ever since I can remember. His death still gets to me because I can't imagine the music that we missed out on. If heaven ain't a Keith Whitley concert, I don't want to go.

still listen to your songs Keith,rest in peace.still pray for your family particularly Dwight,flo, and your smiling sister.

i was almost asleep listening to a keith whitley mix. yes i do this often. then the coverage of his funeral came on and woke me up. keith will always be alive to me

Have become a huge Keith Whitley fan over the years. A great talent lost much to early, but his son Jesse is a young up and comer who if you know what to listen to sound just like his Pappa now and then. When Jesse does his covers its like Keith is alive again.

Would have been the closest thing to George Jones we would have had. A true talent! Missed by many.

I was 14 when Keith passed. I remember just crying because you just knew the country music world had such a great singer. Keith is living on through his son Jessie Keith Whitley.

I love his music. I was a child when he died and didn't understand it then. It's a shame he died so young. Lorrie tried to save him, but with any addiction, you have to save yourself. Rest in peace, Keith.

His voice and his songs!!! God I love them 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

September 2014. Still missing you Keith

Keith had the best voice for country music of all time. We miss you Keith.

After all these year Keith may be gone but never will he be forgotten. Keith music will live forever in our hearts.

@kathy2010spears Thanks for the comments. You were right on the money. To answer your question, he only had one biological child and one adopted child, his son with Lorrie and Lorrie's daughter. He did not have any children with Kathy.

its hard to think he has been gone 20 yrs ago may 9th what a tragic loss!!!

his voice is still so comforting.

25 years ago. A broken heaRt makes a man do crazy things.

Keith Whitley... a *true* country singer who left us way too soon. Next time I'm in Nashville, I want to visit his grave at Spring Hill Cemetery. RIP, Keith.

I am still a little mad at Keith.I am glad that they brodcast and taped Keith' s funeral. Those of us that are fans and could not be there. It was shared with us. SZo thanks for posting this.

@jackhair311 What is Keith Whitley blue? I must google it!

Keith had been playing a long time and getting up on stage was probably where he was most at home. I've read that he started drinking at an early age. I also read that he drank alone. He obviously had a high tolerance for alcohol. So much, that he teetered on alcohol poisoning every time he drank. He knew great songs, and he knew how to deliver. His voice and his mucic is right up there with country's best. Head to head, who could beat him?

Wow... RIP Keith. I was almost 7 when he died. He was awesome... still love his music. Had he not died, Garth Brooks would not have existed. Well, maybe he would have, but he would be in now way as popular as he was.

I think you have your information wrong. Her fights were with her last husband, Sammy Kershaw, not with her 2nd husband Keith Whitley. Larry King discussed it with Lorrie in 2004. Read the transcript. Google it. She had nothing but nice things to say about Keith, to Larry King and in her book. BTW, have you read the book, or had someone read it to you? The whole book is dedicated to her love affair with Keith Whitley.

Throwback Thursday Keith Whitley's Funeral

Did you see him do it?

@OutlawAF98 Or that there would even be a crew from the Nashville Network that was there even taping it in the first place for a future story on the funeral, which they wound up broadcasting??? Is that what you're saying? Are you a Keith Whitley fan, or do you just like leaving nasty comments on my videos? Keith Whitley was a celebrity. He was a public figure. Those in his field choose to enter a field where they are under constant public scrutiny. Other singers accept it, & you should, too.

Ok ...may not of been into the life ....but loved the music...how did he die?

There's 4 faces on the Mt. Rushmore of Country Music; Hank Williams Sr., Lefty Frizzle, Merle Haggard and yes, Keith Whitley irregardless of hoe short his career was, he had the voice that only comes along once in a Blue Moon and how ironic that he was from the Great State of Kentucky! None of us know what dwells within another's heart and mind and none of us walked in Keith's boots, he brought a Gift that so few bring to us mortal humans, so why not leave it at that and know that Keith's struggle has been freed and I have no doubt that Heaven took Home yet another kind and loving Soul! Go Rest High on that Mountain KW!

I loved Keith and I understand his pain.

That was Ricky Skaggs and his wife Sharon White.

he was my friend

Ralph emery!

Did ralph stanley attend?

Keith we miss you so much rip

Very sad day indeed. . . . . . . . .

RIP Keith you are a great person. I love your voice. and MIss you a great deal. To the people that find it so easy to put people down. Keith never hit Lorrie. They were loves of each others lives. They lived for each other. They have a kind of love that most people will only dream of and never have. Lorrie has said over and over that he will always be her one true love. You can read anything you want to and never that he hurt her or hit her. She Married Sammy Kershaw you will read he hit her

What was that at 0:27?

No disrespect to George Strait because I love him too.but for me Keith Whitley is king of country music ❤

That "news" report was nothing short of poor taste and extremely off-the-mark on its subject matter. I've heard and seen a lot of bullshit in reports about entertainers -- but this one is simply disgusting. Not one person here knew Keith, nor apparently had any clue about his lifetime of trying to beat his problems. Don't know who approved the airing of this shoddy report... but the editor in chief of the station must have been on vacation that week. The reporter's 'B-movie' acting would be laughable if this weren't such a sorry event.

Sign the petition and say so there, where about 3,000 like-minded people have already signed and said how they feel. The link is on my channel.

why was everybody walking so fast?

The poor guy was a train wreck waiting to happen. An amazing talent and it is very sad that alcohol had such a hold on his life. He had so much going for him.

RIP KEITH

Wtf I don’t no about you guys but I feel like the tv anchor was a little bit to harsh love Keith and people should not juge especially when they are going through a rough time

He passed away a couple of weeks before I graduated from high school. So sad. Wish he could have gotten help.

Keith did not seem like the alcohol type

Was this an overdose?

Another fake video distorted sound and blury.

the day keith died... to me is the day REAL country music died.

@jackhair311 Love it! =)

@eminemlover1967 He never beat her. He was the love of her life. You need to get your story straight and stop writing garbage. Her is the low down she was married to Dwayne Allmon and he died, so then she meet and married Keith Whitely he was the love of her life they were so very very much in love somthing only some people dream of. He never put his hands on her. Then he died and she married Sammy Kershaw I believe he did hit her a few times; Never Keith

Fake video.

Lorrie Morgan killed him

September 2014. Still missing you Keith