Country Music Legend Mourns Terrible Loss: 'An Honor to Know You' originally appeared on Parade. News broke on Friday, August 1, that renowned Conjunto and Tejano musician Flaco Jiménez died at the age of 86. Now on Saturday, August 2, country star Dwight Yoakam took to Instagram to pay tribute to his late friend.

The country music community is feeling the loss of two legendary artists, as many big names in the genre are sharing their condolences. Jeannie Seely, 85, and Flaco Jiménez, 86, have recently died.

Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Singer Jeannie Seely, who helped transform the image of women in country music, has died. She was 85. Seely died Friday in a hospice in the Nashville area, the Country Music Association said, and her publicist, Don Murray Grubbs told told The Tennessean that she died after an intestinal infection.