Country Singer Dies Hours After His Wedding
Country Singer Jake Flint Dies Hours After His Wedding
Thirty-seven-year-old country singer Jake Flint has passed away, just hours after he and his bride walked down the aisle on Saturday.
On Sunday, the singer’s manager, Brenda Cline, wrote a message shared on social media, saying, “With a broken heart and in deep grief I must announce that Jake Flint has tragically passed away,” the New York Post reported Tuesday.
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“I’ve tried several times today to make a post, but you can’t comment on what you can’t process,” Cline added. “I loved him much like a son. The funniest, most hilarious, hardest working, dedicated artist I have ever worked with in my career. We were just about to embark on some business together after he and Brenda got married — which was yesterday. Yes, yesterday.”
“Jake has a million friends and I’m not sure how everyone will cope with this tragic loss,” Cline continued. “We need prayers — it’s all so surreal. Please, please pray for his new wife Brenda, Jake’s precious mother, his sister and the rest of his family and friends. This is going to be incredibly difficult for so many. We love you Jake and in our hearts forever.”
Flint’s cause of death is currently unknown, but The Oklahoman reported that Flint died Saturday night in his sleep.
Flint’s widow Brenda shared a post to social media Sunday, writing three simple words on the tragic passing, “I don’t understand.” The attached clip showed the two dancing around and appearing to take wedding photos, KRMG reported.
“We should be going through wedding photos but instead I have to pick out clothes to bury my husband in,” a follow-up post on Tuesday read. “People aren’t meant to feel this much pain. My heart is gone and I just really need him to come back. I can’t take much more. I need him here.”
Flint was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1985. His manager said that there were big plans for the singer/songwriter’s career with a set of shows planned to be held in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Flint is best known for such songs as the “Long Road Back Home,” “What’s Your Name?” and “Hurry Up and Wait.”