Helen Cornelius, a Missouri native who found popularity as a country music singer-songwriter in Nashville, has died. She was 83. Her daughter Christy confirmed her July 18 death in a post on her ...

‘70s Country Music Icon Dies at 83: ‘A True Legend With a Voice To Match’ originally appeared on Parade. It all started in the 1940s, on a humble farm outside of Monroe City, Missouri, where a ...

Helen Cornelius, a country singer-songwriter best known for the Jim Ed Brown duet “I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You,” was born on this day in Hannibal, Missouri. Cornelius passed away earlier this ...

The country music world suffered another heartbreaking loss recently as news that spread that Helen Cornelius has died. Her death pushes the list of the notable losses to hit the genre to 15 in 2025.

Cornelius grew up on a farm in Missouri; her older brothers played in country bands, and she formed a singing trio with sisters Judy and Sharon, who toured locally with the blessing of their father.