nytimes August 21, 2021 5:00pm Tom T. Hall, Country Music’s ‘Storyteller,’ Is Dead at 85 #halltomt #deathsobituaries #music #countrymusic #writingandwriters #harpervalleyptasong #news Tom T. Hall, Country Music’s ‘Storyteller,’ Is Dead at 85 Mr. Hall, who wrote hits like “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” helped to imbue country lyrics with newfound depth and insight in the 1960s and ’70s.