We all know what a superstar and a legend Mel Tillis was in the country music world and in the entertainment industry as a whole. We could fill up many pages listing his accomplishments and accolades. We were very fortunate to have him as a dear friend of the Stuttering Foundation for many years, and he famously served as our 1998 national spokesman and honorary chairman.
While it was widely known that stuttering ran in
Mel Tillis' family as both his father and brother also stuttered, many admirers of America’s most loved person who stuttered might be surprised at some interesting parts of his life that are little-known.