How Did Gospel Pianist Jeff Stice Die?

[Music] subscribe to open tv for more news updates the longtime gospel pianist passed away on september 14 2021 jeff stice had studied piano at wku his love for the piano lighted at the age of six while his mother was played piano jeff would lie under the piano and listen after that he would get on the stool place his fingers on the keys and start to pick out the melody of some of the songs he had heard his mother play jeff started taking piano lessons at eight and it was recognized early on that he had an ear for music his parents took him to a gospel concert where he immediately fell in love with the pianists of the various groups he saw and heard there as stice started to grow older his love for quartet music started to grow as well he started playing for his father's quartet at 15 while also winning several high school talent shows along the way after the legend graduated from high school he went on to major in piano performance at western kentucky university soon after he was offered a job with the blackwood brothers and he would play piano for them for four years he moved on to become the piano player for the rex neil and singers after his graduation from high school the beloved musician received the favorite young artist award presented by singing news magazine there jeff started to develop the art of communicating through his music during his time with the rex neal and singers jeff stice credited rex as one of his primary teachers and mentors throughout his entire life in 1990 he received his first musician of the year award from the subscribers of singing news as a member of perfect heart the great pianist started to venture on his own from time to time doing solo concerts he played dramatic standards of gospel and classical music and hand-clapping southern gospel favorites in those concerts mr stice was offered the opportunity by entertainer louise mandrell to help put together a quartet for her theater in pigeon forge tennessee in 2002. this led to the creation of the group that would eventually become known as the triumphant quartetta group that jeff stice played for arranged and produced their music for 12 years during this 12-year span jeff was honored to receive a number of awards and recognitions including musician of the year 2007 southern gospel music guild musician of the year 2008-2012 singing news numerous grammy and dove award nominations and many more jeff stice a native of edmondson county who studied piano at wku has passed away after suffering a bad fall at his home he was 61. jeff stice's accident in his home resulted in serious neck and spinal injuries he had been hospitalized for nearly a month and passed away from his injuries open tv does not confirm any rumors but our team is trying to find related information about that and provide the latest updates as soon as possible so what do you think about it please kindly scroll down and let us know in the comments box we are eagerly waiting to see what you think thanks for watching

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Length: 3min 4sec (184 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 16 2021