David Briggs, the iconic country music record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner, has died at the age of 82. A post in the Steve Hoffman Music Forums confirmed the news revealing he had died of a stroke. "(I) just got a call from legendary Nashville arranger Bergen White and he informed me that his good friend and piano genius David Briggs has passed away this morning of a stroke. He had been fighting cancer for a while," they wrote.

"I had the honor of meeting David Briggs and Bergen White in Nashville last November where I hosted a special dinner at Sinatra's restaurant in their honor. It was one of the best nights of my life. Bergen and David swapped stories all night about working with Elvis, Dolly, Dean Martin, Willie, and Garth Brooks, among so many others...he had over 10,000 music credits on his resume," they added.

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