Toby Keith died after a battle with stomach cancer on Monday. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images for ACM)
"Toby Keith passed away peacefully last night on February 5th, surrounded by his family," the statement read.
"He fought his fight with grace and courage," it continued. "Please respect the privacy of his family at this time."
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)."
The song started a feud between Keith and The Chicks, formerly the Dixie Chicks, singer Natalie Maines, at the time, who called the song, which included the line ‘We’ll put a boot in you’re a--, it’s the American way," "ignorant."
Keith responded by saying she didn’t know what she was talking about because she was "not a songwriter" and would jokingly show fake images of Maines with Saddam Hussein at some of his concerts.
Toby Keith accepting album of the year at the CMAs. (M. Caulfield/WireImage for Bragman Nyman Cafarelli)
Keith told Contact Music in 2003 that finding out one of his good friend’s daughters had died of cancer inspired him to say "enough is enough" over the feud.
"It seemed so insignificant," he said of their clash at the time.
Donald Trump, with Trump giving him a National Medal of the Arts award in 2021.
Keith released his final album, "Peso in My Pocket," in 2021. The country singer performed his final show in Las Vegas in December.
In 2019, Keith defended himself to critics over his decision to perform at Trump’s presidential inauguration.
