Kylie Rae Harris death: Tributes paid to country singer killed in car crash, aged 30
‘Everyone that knew Kylie knew how much she loved her family and, beyond that, how much she loved music’
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Your support makes all the difference.Country singer Kylie Rae Harris has died in a car crash at the aged of 30.
Her music management company, Torrez Music Group, confirmed the news in a statement to The Independent on Thursday.
“We are heartbroken to confirm that Kylie Rae Harris passed away in a car accident last night,” the statement reads.
It goes on: “Everyone that knew Kylie knew how much she loved her family and, beyond that, how much she loved music.
“The best tribute to her unmatched enthusiasm for both is to spread as much love as you can today, and listen to music that fully inspires you.”
Harris, of Wylie, Texas, had released an EP bearing her name in March this year. It followed up on Taking It Back, a previous release that debuted in 2013.
The singer was scheduled to perform in Taos, New Mexico, on Thursday, 5 September.
Her last tweet, sent out on 4 September, reads: “Fuel range is 46 miles and I’m 36 from the nearest gas station. Dear baby Jesus please don’t let me get stranded in NM.”
On Instagram, Harris had shared a series of videos in which she explained that driving to Taos was an emotional experience for her because she used to visit the area with relatives who had now died, including her father.
“I’ve been driving for almost 12 hours and you would think that’s so exhausting and boring, but the last couple of hours driving through the mountains and remembering my place in the back seat as a little kid while my dad was making these treks here... I started to get really sad,” she said.
Harris had a young daughter for whom she wrote a song called “Twenty Years From Now”, inspired by the death of her own father, as she told Billboard in March.
“It scared me thinking that it was totally possible I could be gone before my daughter reaches that point,” Harris told the publication. “I want to meet my kid’s kids. Getting to the age your parents were when you were a child brings a whole lot of perspective.”
Alex Torrez, the CEO of Torrez Music Group, paid tribute to Harris in a tweet on Thursday.
“I’m still processing the early morning call I got from Kylie’s mom,” he wrote. “We were so close buddy. I’ll always remember our time creating your sweet music.”
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