Country singer Mickey Gilley and his son Michael were involved in a rollover car accident on Wednesday (Jan. 3), in Corrigan, Texas. Michael Gilley is largely unharmed, but Mickey Gilley suffered two broken bones in the crash.
The Gilleys were headed to Branson, Mo., where Mickey Gilley owns a theater and performs regularly, when the accident occurred. According to KJAS, another driver ran a stop sign; Michael Gilley, who was driving a 2013 Toyota SUV, swerved to try to avoid the other vehicle, but the Gilleys’ SUV clipped the other vehicle, causing their SUV to roll over and land in a median, upside down.
Susan Gilley, Michael Gilley’s wife, tells KJAS, that her husband is “sore, but otherwise okay.” Mickey Gilley suffered a broken shoulder and a broken ankle. After receiving medical treatment, Mickey and Michael Gilley went back to Pasadena, Texas, with Susan Gilley.
Mickey Gilley, 81, rose to fame in country music in the 1970s, thanks in part to his No. 1 song “Room Full of Roses.” Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, he earned numerous more No. 1 hits; the movie Urban Cowboy helped move his career forward as well.
In 2009, Gilley was helping a neighbor move some furniture when he fell and crushed four vertebrae, leaving him temporarily paralyzed. With the help of physical therapy, he was able to walk again, and he returned to the stage about a year after the accident.
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