He was a country music songwriter who started the music business program at the University of Georgia: Bruce Burch has died in Nashville. Burch was 69 years old.
Burch wrote hit songs for a long list of artists, including Reba McEntire and T. Graham Brown. Brown took to Twitter to write about Burch’s passing.
“Bruce Burch was one of the sweetest, most talented people I’ve ever known. He was a pillar of the Nashville songwriting community and one of my best friends.”
David Barbe, current head of the Music Business Program at UGA, wrote on Facebook that “Bruce had a positive effect on his alma mater UGA, the students he taught, and those who have followed. His encouragement of me to take over when he left has had a transformational effect on my life. He was a good man. I miss him.”
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