Country singer Joe Diffie dies at 61 of COVID-19 complications - Los That year, he landed his first hit song, titled Home. The country singer is also known for the hits Third Rock From the Sun, Bigger Than the Beatles, If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets), and Pickup Man. Diffie had 35 singles on the U.S. Joe Diffie (1958-2020), country music star - Legacy.com Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. I feel like if I can relate to it, other people will too.. married him in 1989 after the breakup of his first marriage, said she is not he won a Country Music Association Award for the song I Dont Need Your "[3] His early albums for Epic mostly consisted of ballads, but starting with Honky Tonk Attitude, he began to include more up-tempo and novelty numbers. Diffie, who went from working in oil fields and foundries to becoming one of the most commercially successful country singers, began writing songs in the 1980s, and one of them, Love on the Rocks, was recorded by Hank Thompson. Joe Diffie, Wry Country Traditionalist, Dead At 61 Following COVID-19 Diagnosis March 30, 202012:59 PM ET Jewly Hight Twitter Enlarge this image Joe Diffie, photographed attending the 27th. This week marked a sad anniversary for country music fans: It's been one year since Joe Diffie died of COVID-19 complications.. According to her social media, Tara Terpening Diffie is originally from East Peoria, Illinois. News in a story published Wednesday. He is survived by his fourth wife, Tara Terpening, whom he married in 2018, and by four sons, Parker, Travis, Drew and Tyler, and two daughters, Kara and Kylie. "I love you so much @officialjoediffie," she .