Clint Black reflects on his dad's 2012 death by suicide in his upcoming memoir.
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The country star said losing his father was a "devastating blow" that revealed "just how painful life can be."
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"I miss him all the time," the musician said.
Clint Blackis remembering his late father.
The "Like the Rain" singer reflects on his dad's 2012 death by suicide in a new interview.
"We loved him very much. He was a great character. All of our friends, everybody loved him," the musician toldPEOPLE. "[People say], 'Well, he lived a long life.' Yeah, well, we got more addicted to him too. The longer they're around, the more you want them around."
Black described his father's death at 78 as a "devastating blow" that revealed "just how painful life can be."
"I hadn't been exposed to it in such a way as to realize, 'Oh wow, this is how painful things can be,'" the singer said.
Black also explained how 14 years after his father's death, he is still constantly reminded of him. "I was watchingThe Mastersand I was missing him because we'd just sit on the phone together and watchThe Masterstogether," he recalled. "And we didn't have to talk. Every now and then, 'Ooh.' Those days are gone now. So it's tough."
Blackannouncedhis dad's death in a press release in December 2012, noting how shocking the tragedy was. "Our family is devastated by this news," he said in a statement. "We are still in the beginning stages of preparations to honor our father, and at this time, we respectfully ask for privacy until we have had the opportunity to fully process what's transpired over the last 48 hours.”
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The singer chronicles his final moments with his father in his upcoming memoir,Killin' Time: My Life and Music. "I just felt like I needed to tell the end of his story, what it did to me, and it's still doing it," Black told PEOPLE of the book. "I miss him all the time."
The memoir will also be a candid reflection on his working-class background. "This is the life of a blue-collar family, coming up with a little education and really making a good go of it, persevering through just determination," he said. "I was just a scrappy little kid, trying not to drown, finding my way into the nightclubs and then the record business."
"I pushed through hurdle after hurdle, injury after injury, surgery after surgery, and all those things that happen in every life," he added, "and continued to strive for excellence."
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Killin' Time: My Life and Musicis out May 19.
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