The outlaw country star David Allan Coe, a storied figure who leaves a vast and tangled legacy, has died. Coe's wife Kimberly Hastings Coe confirmed his passing to Rolling Stone , though the cause and circumstances of his death have not yet been revealed. Coe was 86, and it's frankly astonishing that he made it that long.

David Allan Coe occupies a fascinating role in the history of country music. He's the outlaw country singer who has the truest claim to "outlaw" status, both because he became famous after spending much of his early life in prison and because he was a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Coe was a charismatic, larger-than-life figure with a commanding baritone and a self-deprecating sense of humor, and he had moments of mainstream fame within country music.…