According to the Los Angeles Times, the musician passed away at his home in Nashville on Saturday at the age of 84. A cause of death has not been given.
A representative from the Everly family issued a statement on his passing to the newspaper, writing, "Don lived by what he felt in his heart. Don expressed his appreciation for the ability to live his dreams... with his soulmate and wife, Adela, and sharing the music that made him an Everly Brother."
The news of his passing comes seven years after his brother and other half of the act, Phil Everly, passed away at 74 due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Musicians from across genres came out to mourn the All I Have to Do Is Dream hitmaker on social media.
"God bless Don and Phil the Everly brothers we loved them peace and love," wrote Starr on Twitter.
"We have now lost Don Everly," tweeted Sinatra. "Touring with Phillip and Donald was literally thrilling. To have the privilege of singing with their breathtaking iconic voices was one of the great gifts of my career. Godspeed, Donald. I love you."
The rock duo was one of the earliest successes in rock 'n' roll's beginnings, combining close harmonies and a strong country influence. The Everly Brothers took music by storm in the late 1950s and quickly became a cultural phenomenon into the 1960s. Influencing later acts, like folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, the pair were in the first class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
In a recent Tv show Ringo has answered to some Beatles questions
“ My favorite Beatles song? Is Come Together,” Starr responded without hesitation. “There’s lots of other favorites, but if you want one, ‘Come Together’ can’t be bad,” he added, confirming it’s his favorite Beatles song. “I just think it worked perfectly with the band and the song and John being John. I loved that moment.”
Ringo also gave his thoughts on the afterlife during his appearance on the show, revealing he wouldn't want to stay in heaven for "too long".
He shared: "I think we go to heaven. Heaven’s great, but you don’t stay there too long; you just gotta get yourself together again and come deal with all that you didn’t deal with last time you were here. "He also succinctly summed up the rest of his life in five words: “It’s gonna be great.”
Although he was determined to estabish his new solo identity (with Yoko) Beatles bandmate Ringo played drums on the first album (with Klaus Voorman on bass guitar), while George Harrison would later play bass guitar on Imagine.
"John was just incredibly great and I think the simplicity of what Klaus and I played with him gave him a great opportunity to, for the first time, really use his voice and his emotion how he wanted."
At the end of an incredible global shared experience Ringo added: "It is an incredibly cool record. It's a beautiful record and he was a beautiful man and I'm privileged to feel he was my friend. Great to be a part of Plastic Ono Band."
Ringo addressed the persisted reports that John had doubts about his own voice:
"John always wanted a lot of echo on his voice. He had a great voice and when he was singing, he gave all of that. I don't feel personally he was insecure about his voice. Everybody wants to be someone else, to be different."
"It was a very big thing with John. He was going through a hard, heavy time of finding himself, dispelling a lot of his childhood and putting it into a real space and searching, like the rest of us, for the meaning of life."
Ringo added: "John was always brave. I could always say that about John. He would put it out there, and the consequences sometimes were very harsh. But he would always put it out there. That's why you couldn't not love him, you know?"
