One week ago today the world lost legendary ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill. As his fans and family mourn the loss of Dusty, none more than his wife Charleen McCrory. In a message posted to the Facebook page of ZZ Top, she thanked his “friends and colleagues.”
“He was the kindest, most gentle and caring man a woman could ever hope to find in a lifetime,” she wrote. “Many don’t believe in fairy tale marriages but Dusty and I truly lived one! We were inseparable.”
Hill had been struggling with several health problems, including a dislocated shoulder and broken hip, but was expected to make a full recovery.
“He wasn’t supposed to leave me or all of you. That wasn’t the plan he and I had. The plan was for another round of physical therapy, with a different approach, to help his chronic bursitis. The plan was he would return to the second leg of the tour in September.”
“While I feel numb and lost and alone and in a million pieces. I know he will always be with me in my heart and soul and I will join him when the Lord calls me home to be with them. It is my hope you will always keep him in your heart. He loved his fans and always remembered that without fans music is not heard. So, know he truly appreciated each and every one of you.”
