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CONWAY TWITTY HAD 55 NO. 1 HITS AND JUST FINISHED HIS 58TH ALBUM — THEN HE COLLAPSED ON HIS TOUR BUS AND NEVER WOKE UP. In early 1993, Conway Twitty walked out of the studio with a brand-new album. He called it Final Touches. Just a title. Nothing more. He was still touring. Still selling out shows. Still the same velvet voice behind 55 No. 1 hits — more than Elvis, more than the Beatles. On June 4, he performed a full show in Branson, Missouri. The crowd loved every second. Then he stepped onto his tour bus, collapsed, and was rushed to the hospital. By morning, Conway Twitty was gone. He was only 59. When Final Touches was released two months later, the title hit differently. He never meant it as a goodbye — but somehow, it became one. So what was it about that last night in Branson that no one in the audience saw coming?

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