⁍ ‘He was a music legend, but his most important work was that as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend,’ manager Jim Morey said.

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⁍ Country music star Kenny Chesney called Davis a legend who took the time to help nurture his own fledgling career.

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⁍ Davis, who also recorded ‘Stop and Smell the Roses,’ had his own country music television variety show for three seasons in the mid-1970s.

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– Mac Davis, the singer-songwriter who wrote hits for Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers, and Bobby Goldsboro before launching his own singing career in the 1970s, has died at the age of 78, Reuters reports. Davis had been in critical condition following heart surgery earlier this week. “He was a music legend, but his most important work was that as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend,” his manager said in a statement. “I will miss laughing about our many adventures on the road and his insightful sense of humor.” Davis, who was born in Lubbock, Texas, in 1942, had his own country music television variety show for three seasons in the mid ’70s. The show helped him launch an acting career in which he had numerous guest spots and supporting roles on television programs and TV movies over the next 40 years. He also appeared in a few feature films, including North Dallas Forty in 1979. Davis, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006, had his own country music television variety show for three seasons in the mid ’70s. His 1972 release “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me” was nominated for a Grammy Award. Davis, who also recorded “Stop and Smell the Roses,” had his own country music television variety show for three seasons in the mid ’70s. The show helped him launch an acting career in which he had numerous guest spots and supporting roles on television programs and TV movies.