{"id":69727,"date":"2025-07-29T05:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T05:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69727"},"modified":"2025-07-29T05:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T05:18:06","slug":"ray-stevens-rushed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69727","title":{"rendered":"Ray Stevens Rushed to"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-195.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-195.png 531w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-195-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-195-440x226.png 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 4, 2025, country music icon Ray Stevens, 86, was rushed to a Nashville hospital after experiencing chest pain. Doctors confirmed a mild heart attack and performed a successful heart catheterization. Stevens was moved to the ICU, prompting the cancellation of all July performances at his CabaRay Showroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By July 9, he had left the ICU and was seen walking hospital halls with nurse support\u2014progress that encouraged fans and reaffirmed the power of early recovery care. In a heartfelt message, Stevens said, \u201cEverything is Still Beautiful!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Georgia in 1939, Stevens\u2019s career blends humor and heart. Known for hits like <em>The Streak<\/em> and <em>Everything Is Beautiful<\/em>, he\u2019s won two Grammys, released over 50 albums, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though performances are paused, his team remains hopeful for a return later this year. Fans have flooded social media with well-wishes, showing their deep connection to his music and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Stevens heals, his spirit\u2014and song\u2014continues to inspire. Indeed, \u201cEverything is still beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69717\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 4, 2025, country music icon Ray Stevens, 86, was rushed to a Nashville hospital after experiencing chest pain. Doctors confirmed a mild heart attack and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69729,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69727\/revisions\/69729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}