Country music singer Jody Miller died on October 6, 2022, seven years after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in Blanchard, Oklahoma. She was 80.
Jody’s passing was announced by daughter, Robin Brooks, via a Facebook post on Middle-Sister Music’s page on October 6, 2022.
The post stated; “Middle Sister is sorry to announce the passing of Jody Miller this morning, music icon and mother of Robin Brooks.
“Please remember the family as they deal with this great loss.”
Jody Miller was an American country music singer.
Born Myrna Joy Brooks on November 29, 1941, in Phoenix, Jody Miller began her career in the Los Angeles.
She signed to Capitol Records as a folk act in 1962, Miller dinted the pop charts with “He Walks Like a Man” and subsequently released the hit song “Queen of the House” in 1965. A reponse to Roger Miller’s hit “King of the Road”. The song won her a Grammy for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance – Female, and was also nominated for Best New Country & Western Artist.
Jody Miller retired from touring in the early 1980s, helping to run her husband Monty Brooks’ quarterhorse breeding and training business in Blanchard.
She later had a career as a Christian music singer in the 1990s and was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Association’s Hall of Fame in 1999.
Miller continued to record throughout her 60-year career, releasing her final album, Wayfaring Stranger, in 2020.
In 2021, she attended the groundbreaking for The Jody Miller Performing Arts Center, a Blanchard Public School building.
Jody Miller is survived by her daughter and grandchildren Montana and Layla Sullivan.