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Overview
Personal life
Campbell was married four times, and fathered six sons and three daughters.
• In 1955 Campbell married Diane Marie Kirk (born January 3, 1939; died July 16, 2015) at the Bernalillo County courthouse. They had two children: Glen Travis Campbell, Jr., who was born two months prematurely on July 25, 1955, and died a few days later; and Deborah Kay "Debby" (born September 21, 1956). After a mandatory 12-month separation, they divorced in 1959.
Early life
Glen Travis Campbell was born on April 22, 1936, in Billstown, a tiny community near Delight in Pike County, Arkansas, to John Wesley Campbell (a sharecropper) and Carrie Dell (Stone) Campbell. Campbell was of Scottish descent and was the seventh son of 12 children. As a child he almost died from drowning. His family went to the Church of Christ, and Campbell's brother Lindell became a Church of Christ minister. In 2011 he claimed his mother was Irish, and although his …
Career
In 1960, Campbell moved to Los Angeles to become a session musician. That October, he joined the Champs. By January 1961, Campbell had found a daytime job at publishing company American Music, writing songs and recording demos. Because of these demos Campbell soon was in demand as a session musician and became part of a group of studio musicians later known as the Wrecking C…
Death, legacy and tributes
In June 2011, Campbell announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six months earlier. He became a patient at an Alzheimer's long-term care and treatment facility in 2014. That same year Campbell was the subject of the documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, directed by longtime friend James Keach, that examined Campbell's Alzheimer's diagnosis and how it affected his musical performances during his final tour across the United States with his family. The doc…
Discography and videography
Campbell recorded and released 60 studio albums and six live albums between 1962 and 2017. He also lent his vocals to four soundtracks for motion pictures: True Grit (1969), Norwood (1970), Rock-a-Doodle (1992), and the 2014 documentary film Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me. He placed a total of 82 singles (one of which was a re-release) on either the Billboard Country Chart, the Billboard Hot 100, or the Adult Contemporary Chart, nine of which peaked at number one on at least one o…
Awards and honors
• 1976: Favorite Pop/Rock Single – "Rhinestone Cowboy"
• 1976: Favorite Country Single – "Rhinestone Cowboy"
• 1977: Favorite Country Album – Rhinestone Cowboy
• 1968: Entertainer of the Year
External links
• Official website
• Glen Campbell at Curlie
• Glen Campbell at AllMusic
• Glen Campbell at IMDb
• Glen Campbell at Find a Grave