{"id":15737,"date":"2019-06-06T12:32:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1807525"},"modified":"2019-06-06T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T18:32:44","slug":"granger-smiths-son-river-dies-tragically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/granger-smiths-son-river-dies-tragically\/","title":{"rendered":"Granger Smith\u2019s Son River Dies Tragically"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:671355?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">3m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Our hearts go out to country singer Granger Smith and his family today (June 6), while they are coping with a devastating loss. Smith shared the story of how his youngest son River Kelly died in a tragic accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to deliver unthinkable news. We\u2019ve lost our youngest son, River Kelly Smith. Following a tragic accident, and despite doctor\u2019s best efforts, he was unable to be revived. Amber and I made the decision to say our last goodbyes and donate his organs so that other children will be given a second chance at life. Our family is devastated and heartbroken, but we take solace in knowing he is with his Heavenly Father. Riv was special. Everyone that met him knew that immediately. The joy he brought to our lives cannot be expressed and his light will be forever in our hearts. If there are words to say more, I cannot find them in this moment. Love the ones close to you. There has never been a more difficult moment for us than this,\u201d Smith wrote on Instagram. \u201cIn lieu of flowers or gifts, please send donations to Dell Children\u2019s Medical Center in River\u2019s name. The doctors, nurses and staff have been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByYJF-0JHaq\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith and his wife Amber have two older children, London, 6, and Lincoln, 4. And the whole family has played a part in Smith\u2019s music and his videos for years. You can even see River in Smith\u2019s \u201cHappens Like That\u201d video, when he falls from heaven and into Smith\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dk-oEkWfd2M?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dk-oEkWfd2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>To find out more about organ donation, and to sign up to be an organ donor, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donatelife.net\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donate Life America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1807525\/granger-smiths-son-riv-dies-tragically\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 3m ago Our hearts go out to country singer Granger Smith and his family today (June 6), while they are coping with a devastating loss. Smith shared the story of how his youngest son River Kelly died in a tragic accident. \u201cI have to deliver unthinkable news. We\u2019ve lost our youngest son, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 01:40:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}