Country singer Mickey Gilley, shown posing outside his Pasadena, Texas, restaurant in this Jan. 16, 2003 photo, whose Texas nightclub spawned the 1980s Urban Cowboy craze, underwent emergency surgery for a burst appendix, his publicist said. Gilley, 67, was about to board his airplane when he was stricken July 3 at the airport in Branson, Mo., where he has a home and theater. I just folded up like a dollar bill, Gilley said in a statement Wednesday, July 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)