Later Career & Death
Worth's success on the Country Music charts, went down greatly after 1968. However, Worth didn't stop performing. Her hobby was to study the history of the world, which she focused a lot of time on after her chart success faded away. However, she continued to be an active member of the Grand Ole Opry. She was a popular and in-demand performer for many years in the United States and Canada. Worth did a lot of firsts for Country Music during her heyday. She was one of the first Country performers to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, as well as one of the first Country performers to perform in Las Vegas. During the 1950s, Worth was one of several female Country singers, which included Loretta Lynn and Kitty Wells, to break down the tradition of using women only as background singers in Country Music.
On Sunday, December 19, 1999, Worth died in Nashville, Tennessee at the Tennessee Christian Medical Center from complications of emphysema. She was 69 years old.
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