People News Country singer and sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean dies at age 81 06/14/2010 Octogenarian country music singer-turned-successful sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died of natural causes Sunday night at his Virginia home, his wife said. Read More RELATED NEWS Jimmy Fallon's 'The Tonight Show' dropping to only four nights a weekAshley Tisdale announces birth of her second childSelena Gomez is a billionaire TAGS: Jimmy Dean