Blake Shelton Remembers Late Brother in Touching Message
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Calling Richie Shelton his hero, the country superstar wished that people had the chance to get to know him.

AceShowbiz - Blake Shelton paid a touching tribute to his brother Richie Shelton who died 25 years ago. Friday, November 13 was the anniversary of his death and Blake took it to Twitter to remember him. "Wow... 25 years ago today we lost my brother Richie Shelton. He's still my hero going strong. Wish everyone could've known him," he wrote.

Blake, who grew up in Oklahoma, is the youngest of three kids. Last year during an appearance on "60 Minutes", Blake said, "I remember picking up the phone...to call him, to tell him something I just saw on TV or, and it was like constantly a shock to me that he was dead."

Richie died in a car crash in 1990 at the age of 24. Blake was 14 years old at that time. Richie's death had impacted the country star's life throughout the years and had inspired many of his songs as well as his ex-wife Miranda Lambert's.

The former couple co-wrote "Over You" in memory of Richie. "But you went away / How dare you? / I miss you / They say I'll be okay / But I'm not going to ever get over you," the lyrics said. The music video captured two young boys playing in a wooded area and one of them later disappeared.

Lambert told Us Weekly in 2011, "I asked him a year ago, 'Do you want this song? It's obviously about your life'. And he said he'd rather me have it, mainly because he wasn't sure he could get through it every night onstage. It's one of our favorite songs."

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