John Anderson, the country singer known for "Swingin'," "Seminole Wind" and "Straight Tequila Night," has died at 71, according to the Guardian, CBS News and Fox News.

His family announced his death on social media, the outlets reported. Fox News said he died Wednesday. A cause of death has not been made public, Fox News reported.

"To the world, he was a gifted country music singer whose voice and songs touched countless lives," his family said, according to the outlets. "To us, he was so much more."

Anderson grew up in Florida and moved to Nashville after high school, the outlets reported. He played clubs at night and worked construction by day, CBS News said. He even helped build the roof of the Grand Ole Opry, CBS News and the Guardian reported.

He had five No. 1 country hits, the Guardian reported. "Swingin'" was the Country Music Association's single of the year in 1983, CBS News and Fox News reported.

His sound helped shape the "New Traditionalist" movement of the 1980s, Fox News reported. After a slump in the late 1980s, he came back in the early 1990s with "Straight Tequila Night" and "Seminole Wind," the outlets said.

Years later, an illness that doctors never pinned down took away most of his hearing, CBS News reported. "They never really figured out just what it was," he said in 2022, according to CBS News.

He returned to music with the 2020 album "Years," CBS News reported. He joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024, the outlets said.

Stars including Blake Shelton and country star McGraw paid tribute, the Guardian and CBS News reported. McGraw said he had sung with Anderson at a Hall of Fame event on Sunday. "I am completely heartbroken by his passing," McGraw wrote, according to CBS News.

What we know: Anderson, a Country Music Hall of Famer, died at 71.
What we don't: The cause of his death.