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Leon PayneLeon Payne Leon Payne American musician (1917-1969) Leon Roger Payne (June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969),[1] "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer and songwriter. Leon Payne Life Leon Roger Payne was born in Alba, Texas, on June 15, 1917. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight in the other eye in early childhood. He attended the Texas School for the Blind from 1924 to 1935. He married Myrtie and they had two children together, as well as two children from Myrtie's previous marriage. Payne died at age 52 from a heart attack in 1969 in San Antonio, Texas.[1] Myrtie died in San Antonio in 2008, and Leon's composition "I Love You… (Source: Wikipedia)
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