Photos: Country music legend Kenny Rogers passes on

Country music icon Kenny Rogers has died aged 81, his family have revealed.

The star passed away of natural causes at his home in Sandy Springs, in northern Fulton County, Georgia, and his family issued a statement announcing his death on Saturday morning. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rogers are planning to have a small private service at this time with a public memorial at a later date.

Country music icon Kenny Rogers has died aged 81, his family have revealed. (Pictured: the singer and his wife Wanda Miller, 52, are parents to 14-year-old identical twin sons, Jordan and Justin.