Jimmy Dean, Singer and Sausage Impresario, Dies June 13, 2010 / 10:29 PM EDT / CBS Updated at 12:09 a.m. EDT Country music singer and business entrepreneur Jimmy Dean has died at the age of 81.

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Jimmy Dean, known worldwide for his famous sausage brand, died Sunday at the age of 81 in his Varina, Virginia home. But the life of the beloved "Sausage King" carries way more ...

Country music legend Jimmy Dean-- known best for his smash hit about workingman hero 'Big Bad John,' died at home in Henrico County, Va., on Sunday at the age of 81. The singer's wife, Donna Meade ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81. His wife, D… ...

Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81.

PRICHMOND, Va. - Plainview native Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He ...

Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, 'Big Bad John,' and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday.

Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died June 13 in Henrico County, Va. He was 81.

From Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean to Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, these couples were ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81.

Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, “Big Bad John,” and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81. His wife, Donna… ...

Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday.