Mickey Gilley, the Texas honky-tonk whose name inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide boom of Western-themed nightclubs, has died. He was 86 years old.

Gilley, who helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre in Branson, Missouri, died on Saturday. He had been performing as recently as last month, but his health had suddenly deteriorated.

“He passed peacefully with his family and close friends by his side,” according to a statement from Mickey Gilley Associates.

Gilley, a cousin of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, built Gilley’s in Pasadena, Texas, in the early 1970s, dubbed “the world’s largest honky tonk.” By the middle of the decade, he had established himself as a prominent club owner and had achieved commercial success with “Room Full of Roses.” “Window Up Above,” “She’s Pulling Me Back Again,” and the honky-tonk song “Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time” were among his first country hits.

However, He had 17 No. 1 singles and 39 Top 10 country hits. He was nominated for six Academy of Country Music Awards and appeared in episodes of “Murder She Wrote,” “The Fall Guy,” “Fantasy Island,” and “The Dukes of Hazzard.”

“If I had one wish in life, I would wish for more time,” Gilley told The Associated Press in March 2001 as he celebrated his 65th birthday. Not that he’d do anything differently, the singer said.

“I am doing exactly what I want to do. I play golf, fly my airplane and perform at my theater in Branson, Missouri,” he said. “I love doing my show for the people.”