Deaths on June 5

Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)

Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He also had success in the rock and roll, R&B, and pop genres. From 1971 to 1976, Twitty received a string of Country Music Association awards for duets with Loretta Lynn. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Twitty was known for his frequent use of romantic and sentimental themes in his songs. Due to his following being compared to a religious revival, comedian Jerry Clower nicknamed Twitty "The High Priest of Country Music," the eventual title of his 33rd studio album. Twitty achieved stardom with hit songs like "Hello Darlin'," "You've Never Been This Far Before," and "Linda on My Mind." Twitty topped Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart 40 times in his career, a record at the time. He self-wrote 11 of his Billboard country #1 hits.