Country Singer Jake Flint Dead at 37 Hours After His Wedding to Wife Brenda

Country music singer Jake Flint has died. He was 37.

His publicist, Clif Doyal, toldThe Oklahomanthatthe singer diedin his sleep hours after his wedding on Saturday.

His former manager, Brenda Cline, alsoconfirmed the newson Sunday and expressed that Flint, whom she loved “much like a son,” had died shortly beforereturning to touron Dec. 2 following his wedding festivities.

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“The funniest, most hilarious, hardest working, dedicated artist I have ever worked with in my career. We were just about to embark on some business together after he and Brenda got married- which was yesterday. Yes-yesterday,” she wrote.

Flint firstannounced his engagementin a heartfelt post in January.

“Say hello to the future Mr. Brenda Wilson.#gettinhitchedSee y’all at Cain’s ballroom in a few months,” he wrote alongside a selfie of the two.

His widowshared a videoof their wedding shortly after the news of his death. The two can be seen dancing and taking photos underneath an orange tree.

“I don’t understand,” she wrote in the caption, before later adding in aseparate postthat “people aren’t meant to feel this much pain.”

“We should be going through wedding photos but instead I have to pick out clothes to bury my husband in,” she added. “My heart is gone and I just really need him to come back. I can’t take much more. I need him here.”

source: people.com