Music Kenny Rogers through the years By EW Staff Published on April 5, 2018 12:07PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 30 Kenny Rogers' life in photos Harry Langdon/Getty Images Country legend Kenny Rogers died of natural causes on Mar. 20, 2020. Here's a look back at the singer throughout his iconic career. 02 of 30 Rogers in 1970 GAB Archive/Redferns 03 of 30 Rogers in 1970 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 04 of 30 Rogers in 1970 Dick Barnatt/Redferns 05 of 30 Rogers in 1972 Jack Mitchell/Getty Images 06 of 30 Rogers performs with Dolly Parton in 1976 GAB Archive/Redferns 07 of 30 Rogers in 1970 David Redfern/Redferns 08 of 30 Rogers and Crystal Gayle at the 1978 Grammy Awards Bettmann/Getty Images 09 of 30 Rogers in 1978 Gary Null/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 10 of 30 Rogers in 1979 Harry Langdon/Getty Images 11 of 30 The musician with Ray Charles in 1980 CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images 12 of 30 Rogers in 1980 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 13 of 30 Rogers and Johnny Carson in 1980 NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 14 of 30 Rogers in 1981 John Sunderland/The Denver Post via Getty Images 15 of 30 Rogers in 1982 The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images 16 of 30 Rogers with fourth wife Marianne Gordon and son Christopher in 1982 ABC via Getty Images 17 of 30 Rogers in 1982 Chris Walter/Getty Images 18 of 30 Rogers with Michael Jackson and Brooke Shields in 1984 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images 19 of 30 Rogers and wife Marianne Gordon in 1990 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 20 of 30 Rogers and Reba McEntire in 1991 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 21 of 30 Rogers with Trisha Yearwood in 1993 Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images 22 of 30 Rogers in 1999 Harry Herd/Redferns 23 of 30 Rogers and Carrie Underwood in 2005 Ed Rode/WireImage 24 of 30 Rogers with fifth wife Wanda Miller in 2007. Rick Diamond/WireImage 25 of 30 Rogers with Lionel Richie and Dolly Parton 2010 Rick Diamond/Getty Images 26 of 30 Rogers in 2010 Frederick Breedon/Getty Images 27 of 30 Rogers and Carrie Underwood in 2013 Michael Loccisano/WireImage 28 of 30 Rogers in 2014 Michael Buckner/Getty Images 29 of 30 Rogers with Connie Britton and Kimberly Schlapman in 2015 Rick Diamond/Getty Images 30 of 30 Rogers in 2017 Erika Goldring/FilmMagic