{"id":324,"date":"2025-06-17T01:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/?p=324"},"modified":"2025-06-17T01:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:46:06","slug":"beloved-country-music-star-randy-travis-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Beloved country music star Randy Travis is \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vtknews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506349098_122223902306187873_2820070048912524422_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/vtknews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506349098_122223902306187873_2820070048912524422_n-505x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>The singer, 60, who suffered a massive stroke in July 2013, still has difficulty speaking but that hasn\u2019t stopped the couple from rebuilding a life together on their ranch in Tioga, Texas. The two communicate via \u201cour seventh sense, if you would,\u201d Mary, 60, tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week\u2019s issue. \u201cOur communication is between hearts now, and not lips.\u201dMary and Randy Travis.Fredrik Broden<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vtknews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506349098_122223902306187873_2820070048912524422_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/vtknews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506349098_122223902306187873_2820070048912524422_n-505x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the prognosis is different for every stroke survivor, Randy is continually making progress \u2014 and just celebrated his 60th birthday at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. \u201cThe whole third midsection of Randy\u2019s left brain was affected, which is speaking, writing and reading,\u201d Mary explains. \u201cBut each day there\u2019s something new that he says or does.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vtknews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506349098_122223902306187873_2820070048912524422_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/vtknews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506349098_122223902306187873_2820070048912524422_n-505x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201dNow the singer is telling his own story with his new book, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith and Braving the Storms of Life, out May 14. From his music career, which has earned him seven Grammy Awards, to his 19-year marriage to his former manager and their divorce as well as his struggles with alcohol abuse and anger, the book details all the highs and lows of Randy\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Working with writer Ken Abraham, the singer \u201cwanted people to understand that he\u2019s human,\u201d says Mary. \u201cAnd that they can overcome too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The singer, 60, who suffered a massive stroke in July 2013, still has difficulty speaking but that hasn\u2019t stopped the couple from rebuilding a life together on their ranch in &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}