GEORGE JONES' BATTERED WIDOW BREAKS SILENCE

COUNTRY icon George Jones was a booze- and cocaine-fueled wife beater before he finally kicked his addictions, his widow, Nancy, reveals in a shocking tell-all book.

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Nancy, the fourth and final wife of the late He Stopped Loving Her Today crooner, got hitched to the singer in 1983 following his disastrous marriage to country star Tammy Wynette. But Nancy says he was still in his “No Show Jones” period when he repeatedly dodged concert dates because he was too high or drunk — or both.