Country singer Jake Flint dead at 37 hours after wedding - Fox News

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Country singer-songwriter Jake Flint has died, Fox News Digital confirmed. He was 37 years old. 

Flint, an up-and-coming star, died Saturday, conscionable hours aft helium joined his fiancée, his longtime publicist, Clif Doyal, confirmed to The Oklahoman.

Flint's origin of decease hasn’t been determined. 

"He was not lone a client, helium was a beloved person and conscionable a ace bully guy," Doyal told the outlet. "As you tin spot from the outpouring connected societal media, helium was loved by everybody. 

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"I deliberation a batch of it was conscionable that helium was a radical person, and helium had an astonishing consciousness of humor. He made everybody laugh, and helium made everybody consciousness welcome. He was an ambassador for Oklahoma Red Dirt music."

Jake Flint died hours aft  marrying his fiancée Brenda past  weekend. 

Jake Flint died hours aft marrying his fiancée Brenda past weekend.  (JakeFlintMusic/Instagram)

On Tuesday, Flint's widow, Brenda Flint, shared a heartbreaking station connected Facebook.

"We should beryllium going done wedding photos but alternatively I person to prime retired apparel to hide my hubby in," she wrote. "People aren't meant to consciousness this overmuch pain. My bosom is gone and I conscionable truly request him to travel back. I can't instrumentality overmuch more. I request him here." 

Musician Mike Hosty, who performed astatine the wedding, recalled Flint having "a large heart." 

"He was a singer-songwriter, done and done and conscionable a large personality. A large heart, and [he'd] crook implicit backwards to bash thing for you," Hosty shared with The Oklahoman. "When immoderate instrumentalist asks you to play astatine their wedding, it's 1 of those astir important days ... and it's ever an honor."

Flint's erstwhile manager and friend, Brenda Cline, besides paid tribute to the precocious singer, noting that she "loved him overmuch similar a son."

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Jake and Brenda Flint 

Jake and Brenda Flint  (Brenda Flint/Facebook)

"With a breached bosom and successful heavy grief I indispensable denote that Jake Flint has tragically passed away," she wrote connected Facebook alongside a photograph of the two. "I’ve tried respective times contiguous to marque a post, but you can’t remark connected what you can’t process. The photograph beneath is erstwhile Jake and I excitedly signed our creator absorption contract. 

"That was the opening of a fantastic relationship and partnership," she shared. "Jake was adjacent much than that to me, I loved him overmuch similar a son. The funniest, astir hilarious, hardest working, dedicated creator I person ever worked with successful my career. We were conscionable astir to embark connected immoderate concern unneurotic aft helium and Brenda got married- which was yesterday. Yes-yesterday. Jake has a cardinal friends and I’m not definite however everyone volition header with this tragic loss.

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"We request prayers- it’s each truthful surreal. Please delight commune for his caller woman Brenda, Jake’s precious mother, his sister and the remainder of his household and friends. This is going to beryllium incredibly hard for truthful many. We emotion you Jake and successful our hearts forever."

Flint released 4 workplace albums successful his career, opening with his 2016 grounds "I'm Not OK." He besides was named breakout creator of the twelvemonth astatine the We Are Tulsa Music Awards successful 2018, Entertainment Weekly reported.

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