It has been one complete yr with out nation icon Toby Keith.
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Toby’s household paid tribute to the late nation star on social media in honor of the one-year anniversary of his demise. Toby died at age 62, practically three years after his abdomen most cancers prognosis.
Toby’s daughter Krystal wrote a lengthy tribute on Instagram, alongside a sequence of images of her dad by means of the years.
“It appears like yesterday we stated goodbye and but it one way or the other has additionally been the longest yr with out him. I can’t assist however discover gratitude in on a regular basis we had as a result of we did all of life as a household unit,” Krystal, 39, wrote.
“It’s exhausting to discover a candid image the place he doesn’t have considered one of our infants in his arms. He was their favourite, and so they have been his. Our littles miss their buddy large time however everyone knows we are going to see him once more sometime,” she added of daughters Kirby and Hensley, whom she shares with husband Andrew Robert Sandubrae.
She concluded, “Till then, he’ll watch over us and stroll beside us. Each sundown (and he LOOOOVED his sunsets) is a reminder that he desires us to reside our greatest life and do good on the earth. In order that’s precisely is what we are going to do. ❤️”
In the meantime, his son Stelen, 27, shared a video of Toby singing and enjoying the guitar to his 2003 music “If I Was Jesus” on Instagram.
He captioned the submit: “An entire yr with out my hero. Right here’s to someday having extra of those nights. Love you dad 🤍”
A tribute was additionally shared to the “American Soldier” singer’s Instagram, alongside a photograph of him smiling as he held up a pink solo cup onstage.
“We are able to’t imagine it’s been a yr because the world misplaced Toby. We now have a gap in our coronary heart and our lives. The love and help from the group that Toby created has left us all grateful and grateful,” the submit started.
They added, “It has and continues to honor Toby. We all know he could be happy with the legacy he left behind. As we speak we hope you’ll have fun and take heed to his music with us, the place we all know he’s smiling down and elevating his cup. A toast to a life properly lived.”
In June, a tribute live performance was held in Nashville to have fun the life and legacy of the late singer.
Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Darius Rucker, The Conflict and Treaty and extra carried out on the present. A portion of gross sales went towards The Toby Keith Basis’s OK Kids Korral — a cost-free dwelling for households of kids coping with vital diseases — and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Toby was additionally honored on the ACM Awards in Might with a tribute efficiency by Jason Aldean. Aldean carried out an acoustic rendition of “Ought to’ve Been a Cowboy,” inflicting Toby’s household to shed tears as they watched from the viewers.
Most just lately, in January, Jelly Roll — who beforehand informed Variety Toby impressed his pivot from rap to nation — closed out his set throughout Nashville’s Large Bash with a canopy of “Ought to’ve Been a Cowboy.”
Toby’s demise was introduced on social media on Feb. 6, 2024 with a message that learn, “Toby Keith handed peacefully final night time on Feb. 5 surrounded by his household. He fought his combat with grace and braveness.”
The assertion added, “Please respect the privateness of his household right now.”
