Wiseman was known as "The Voice With a Heart."
(Nashville, TN) -- One of the founding members of the Country Music Association is dead at the age of 93.
Mac Wiseman passed away this past weekend in Antioch, Tennessee.
He had been battling kidney failure.
Wiseman was the last surviving member of the Foggy Mountain Boys.
“Mac Wiseman recorded splendid and often groundbreaking music for over 70 years. He also helped found the CMA, headed Dot Records’ country division, and was a titan of bluegrass music’s first generation. His was an inspirational and important life.” - Kyle Young, CEO pic.twitter.com/n3oOKqQ5ss
— Country Music HOF (@countrymusichof) February 24, 2019
