He was 85
                                
                                
                                    (Newser) -
                                    Mel Tillis, the affable longtime country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles, has died,  AP  reports. A spokesman for Tillis, Don Murry Grubbs, said Tillis died early Sunday at Munroe Regional Medical...