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As we come to the midpoint of 2019, The Boot is looking back at some of the top headlines from the first half of the year.

Can you believe it?!

He calls her "the kindest, gentlest, classiest, most compassionate, giving and loving person I have ever known."

Rest in peace, Vickie ...

"Scattered, smothered, covered and chopped!"

Quite the holiday meal, eh?

The song wasn't intended to be a duet, but ...

Do you know the nicknames of your favorite country stars?

Jackson, Dorff and Anderson are among some of the cross-genre greats that will be inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame this June.

The induction comes less than one year after being enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

"It was a thrill!"

Cody Jinks, Nikki Lane, Whitey Morgan and more are among the nominees for the 2018 Ameripolitan Music Awards.