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Richie Shelton is a celebrity Family Member. Richie Shelton rose to fame as the older brother of music superstar Blake Shelton, who perished in a car accident in Ada, Pontotoc Country in Oklahoma at the age of 24. Likewise, he died on November 13, 1990.

Early life

Richie Shelton was born on 6th July 1966 in the United States of America. Similarly, his birth sign is Cancer, and held American nationality. He was born to his father Dorothy Shackleford and his mother, Ronnie Musgrove. While Shelton was only the son of his parents. Richie’s parents divorced when he was two years old.

After His mother, Ronnie married Richard Shelton and ended up changing his surname to Shelton. From his mother’s second marriage, he has his half-big brother, Blake Shelton, and half-sister, Endy Shelton. Whereas, Endy is a jewelry designer and is married to her husband Mike Richie. Therefore, he did not get to see his father during his childhood as he was with his new family.

Caption: Richie Shelton with his siblings (Source: countryfancast.com)

Talking about his academic career, he has not shared his educational qualification in public. Moreover, we can assume that he completed his graduation from a well-known university in America.

Death

On November 13, 1990, Richie Shelton and his girlfriend had an accident in Rural Oklahoma. According to Country Fan Cast, his girlfriend was driving the car over a hill. Unfortunately, her car hit the back of a school bus picking up passengers, and got into an accident. Both Richie and his girlfriend died in an accident.

Professional career

Talking about his professional career, there is not much information regarding it. Moreover, Richie is the inspiration behind Miranda Lambert’s song ‘Over You’ which was c0-written by Blake Shelton and Miranda.

Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton wrote his first song at age 15. After high school, he chooses to learn a full-time vocation in singing and songwriting. Before long, Blake handled a contract and sign a recording contract with ‘Giant Records.’ This personality went to the parent company Warner Bros where he released his first debut album, Blake Shelton, in 2001. Then in 2003, his second studio ‘The Dreamer’ was released.’ Its lead single ‘The Baby’ was a tremendous hit and the album chart 28th on the ‘US Billboard 200.

Moreover, Blake released the third album ‘Blake Shelton’s Barn and Grill in 2003 with singles, for example, ‘Some Beach’ and ‘No one except for Me,’. Then he again released albums such as Pure BS’ (2007) and ‘Startin Fires’ (2008), ‘Red River Blue’ (2011). Moreover, another album of Blake is ‘Cheers, It’s Christmas’ (2012), ‘Based on a True Story (2013), and ‘Bringing Back the SunshineSunshine’ (2014).

Net worth

As being a celebrity family member, he has earned a decent sum of money. Moreover, there is no information regarding his net worth, income, and salary. On the other hand, his brother, Blake’s net worth is estimated at around $100 million US dollars.

Relationship status

Richie Shelton was in a relationship with his 20 year old girlfriend. However, the name of his girlfriend is not known. Sadly, Richie and his girlfriend died in a car accident.

Body measurement and social media

Richie Shelton had black eyes and brown hair in color. Besides that, there is no information regarding Richie’s height, weight, and other body measurements.

Richie’s brother, Blake tweeted on the 25th anniversary of his death, ‘It’s hard to believe that my brother Richie Shelton’ died 25 years ago. He’s still my hero, and he’s still alive an dwell. I wish everyone had known who he was”.

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