and Daniels' longtime manager, David Corlew, that Daniels had a 'massive stroke' and that his blood was not clotting due to the blood thinner he was on. One they arrived, someone told Charlie Jr. Shortly after, an ambulance arrived and took Daniels to Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee, with his son following. 'I asked him if he could breathe, he nodded and tried to say yes, but it was obvious that he was very weak.' 'I quickly drove up to the house and found mom and dad on the upstairs porch and dad was slumped over in his chair,' he writes. He shared that he received a call from his mom, Hazel Daniels, at 5:45 in the morning, informing him that Daniels' was sick. continued on to share further details on the day of Daniels' death.
'The man I’ve known for 55 years, who, along with my mom, have always been there for me is gone. 'I think it goes without saying, that this has been the worst week of my life, bar none,' Charlie Jr. turned to his father's website on July 11 to share an update on his family and reflect on his father's final hours. Country icon, Charlie Daniels died on July 6 at the age of 83, after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.