NEW YORK — Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping ballads and honky-tonk singles like “Home” and “Pickup Man,” has died after testing positive for COVID-19. His hits included “Honky Tonk Attitude,” “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox,” “Bigger Than the Beatles” and “If the Devil Danced.” “Country music lost one of …