Editing Joe Diffie (section)

==Personal life and death==
Diffie was married four times. His first wife was Janise Parker, whom he married while in college. The couple had two children, Parker and Kara, then divorced in 1986.<ref name="people">{{cite journal|last=Sanz|first=Cynthia|date=April 26, 1993|title=The Difference in Diffie|journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]|volume=39|issue=16|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110245,00.html}}</ref> Parker Diffie later worked as Diffie's stage manager in the mid-2000s,<ref name="ledger" /> and in mid-2010, he and Kara auditioned for ''[[American Idol]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2010/07/16/joe-diffie-american-idol/|title=Joe Diffie's Kids Try Out for 'American Idol'|last=Hughes|first=Donna|date=July 16, 2010|work=The Boot|access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref> Two years after divorcing Janise, Diffie married Debbie Jones, a nurse technician. They had two sons, Drew and Tyler, the latter of whom was born with [[Down syndrome]] and nearly died in 1991 following complications from a [[tonsillectomy]].<ref name="stambler" /><ref name="people" />

In 2000, Diffie married Theresa ([[Birth name|née]] Crump), whom he met at a concert, at the [[Opryland Hotel]] in Nashville.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1476778/joe-diffie-ties-the-knot.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325084345/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1476778/joe-diffie-ties-the-knot.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2010 |title=Joe Diffie Ties the Knot |access-date=July 19, 2010 |work=CMT.com}}</ref><ref name="crump">{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/119215455.html?dids=119215455:119215455&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+11%2C+2002&author=Alan+Sculley+Special+to+The+Morning+Call+--+Freelance&pub=Morning+Call&desc=Just+being+himself+makes+a+difference+for+Joe+Diffie&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103081137/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/119215455.html?dids=119215455:119215455&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+11,+2002&author=Alan+Sculley+Special+to+The+Morning+Call+--+Freelance&pub=Morning+Call&desc=Just+being+himself+makes+a+difference+for+Joe+Diffie&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2012|title=Just being himself makes a difference for Joe Diffie|last=Sculley|first=Alan|date=May 11, 2002|work=Morning Call|access-date=July 21, 2010}}</ref> They have one daughter, Kylie, born in 2004.<ref name="tougher1">{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=399|title=Joe Diffie is tougher than nails (page 1)|last=McIntosh|first=Dan|date=June 2004|work=Country Standard Time|access-date=July 21, 2010}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2017. Diffie married Tara Terpening at The Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville in 2018.

From 1992 to the early 2000s, Diffie held a charity concert and golf tournament benefiting First Steps, a nonprofit organization for the education of mentally  and physically impaired children.<ref name="readinglaughs" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/joe-diffie/news/joe-diffie-holds-10th-annual-first-steps-benefit--12060970|title=Joe Diffie Holds 10th Annual First Steps Benefit|date=February 12, 2002|work=[[Yahoo!]] Music|access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref> His contributions to this organization won him a Humanitarian Award from the Country Radio Broadcasters in 1997.<ref name="readinglaughs" /> Diffie later became a country music radio broadcaster himself, fronting a midday program for Tulsa radio station [[KXBL]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bigcountry995.com/story/41698384/joe-diffie |title=Joe Diffie |work=bigcountry995.com |access-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327020222/https://www.bigcountry995.com/story/41698384/joe-diffie |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 27, 2020, Diffie announced that he tested positive for [[COVID-19]]. Two days later, on March 29, he died in Nashville at the age of 61 from complications related to the illness.<ref name=pickup>{{cite magazine |last1=Betts |first1=Stephen L.|title=Joe Diffie, Nineties Country's 'Pickup Man,' Dead at 61 From Coronavirus |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/joe-diffie-country-singer-dead-obituary-974556/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 29, 2020|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/311a45b00086bb8c61de422e59b37231|title = Country singer Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus complications|work = [[Associated Press]]|date = March 29, 2020|access-date = March 29, 2020}}</ref>