Willie Nelson takes a drag while relaxing at his home in Texas in this photo circa 2000s. Click through to see Nelson throughout his career.
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Willie Nelson takes a drag while relaxing at his home in Texas in this photo circa 2000s. Click through to see Nelson throughout his career.
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Nelson performs during Keith Urban's fourth annual We're All For The Hall benefit concert on April 16, 2013, in Nashville.
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Nelson performs during Keith Urban's fourth annual We're All For The Hall benefit concert on April 16, 2013, in Nashville.
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Nelson performs during Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown Tour 2011 on June 3, 2011, in Nashville.
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Nelson performs during Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown Tour 2011 on June 3, 2011, in Nashville.
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Former President Jimmy Carter and Nelson talk at the taping of "CMT Homecoming: Jimmy Carter in Plains," in December 2004.
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Former President Jimmy Carter and Nelson talk at the taping of "CMT Homecoming: Jimmy Carter in Plains," in December 2004.
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Nelson sits in his motor coach, listening to an IRS tape after all his property was seized by the agency because he failed to pay $16.7 million in back income taxes.
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Nelson sits in his motor coach, listening to an IRS tape after all his property was seized by the agency because he failed to pay $16.7 million in back income taxes.
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Left to right: Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson perform together in Rotterdam in 1992.
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Left to right: Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson perform together in Rotterdam in 1992.
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Neil Young and Nelson perform together at Farm Aid in Indianapolis in 1990.
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Neil Young and Nelson perform together at Farm Aid in Indianapolis in 1990.
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Nelson performs circa 1980.
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Nelson performs circa 1980.
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Nelson and Waylon Jennings enjoy a drink together in New York in 1978.
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Nelson and Waylon Jennings enjoy a drink together in New York in 1978.
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Nelson performs circa 1975.
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Nelson performs circa 1975.
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Nelson and country singer Larry Gatlin work during a recording session in February 1973 at the Atlantic Records studio in New York City.
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Nelson and country singer Larry Gatlin work during a recording session in February 1973 at the Atlantic Records studio in New York City.
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A young Nelson poses for a portrait circa 1960s.
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A young Nelson poses for a portrait circa 1960s.
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