American outlaw-country entertainer. Co-founder of the Little Darlin' Nashville label with producer-publisher Aubrey Mayhew. Noted as much for his scrapes with the law as for his string of classic country hits.

Paycheck contracted emphysema and asthma after a lengthy illness. He died at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

b. 31 May 1938, Greenfield, OH.
d. 18 February 2003 in Nashville, TN.

D. Paycheck, J. Paychec, J. Paycheck, John Austin Paycheck, Johnny, P. Thomas, Paycheck