Country singer Luke Bryan was born to LeClaire and Tommy Bryan. He has experienced significant loss, including the deaths of his brother Chris in 1996 and his sister Kelly in 2007.
Luke Bryan was born in July 1976 in Leesburg, Georgia, as the youngest sibling to brother Chris Bryan and sister Kelly Bryan.
At 19, Luke's brother Chris died in a car accident in 1996, causing Luke to pause his move to Nashville and attend college at Georgia Southern University.
“When Chris passed away, it was devastating because no one was more fired up about me going to Nashville than him,”
Luke shared on the Today show in August 2021. A decade after Chris’ death, Luke’s sister Kelly suddenly passed away in 2007, and her husband Ben Cheshire died seven years later, leaving behind their kids, Jordan, Kris, and Til.
Author's summary: Luke Bryan's life marked by family losses.