According to a statement from Morgan’s manager, Tony Conway, White was diagnosed with mouth cancer in 2024 and died early on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Morgan posted on Facebook to notify her husband’s passing. She called her 17-year companion White her “champion” and “rock.” She conveyed her grief in her message and recalled him as a good man whose love was a gift.

On the same platform, Morgan’s son and his stepson, Jesse Keith Whitley, also paid a heartfelt homage to White’s passing. Reflecting on their years together, Whitley wrote from White’s hospice chamber, giving White credit for accepting him and his sister as his own and providing constant support and empathy.

He remembered times when White volunteered to help without hesitation, bringing him up at late hours, even from jail, and never becoming upset.

Whitley also mentioned how White helped him rediscover his