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Dec 10, 1973
David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, are murdered in their Ridgetop, Tennessee, home when they surprise burglars after his Grand Ole Opry performance. Their bodies are discovered by Grandpa Jones
Dec 11, 1973
Los Angeles club The Ash Grove is destroyed by fire. Believed by its owner to be a government-bred arson, it marks the end of a venue that increased the profile of such acts as Bill Monroe, The Byrds, Flatt & Scruggs and The Stoneman Family
Dec 13, 1973
Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. dies in a jeep accident near Hernando, Louisiana
Dec 26, 1973
Bass player John Rostill dies in Radlett, England, electrocuted by a guitar in his home studio. An ex-member of The Shadows, he wrote the Olivia Newton-John hits "Please Mr. Please," "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
Dec 27, 1973
Hank Snow's guitar player, Jimmy Widener, is robbed and shot to death in Nashville. Widener also played banjo for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1950, appearing on "Faded Love," among other recordings
Dec 24, 1973
Pam Tillis is injured in a car accident. Her face is shattered in more than 30 places, leading to multiple surgeries over the next five years. "We were partying," she tells The Music City News years later. "We partied right up a tree"
Mar 12, 1974
Kim Williams is among three people who suffer electrical burns during a freak fire at the ASG Industries glass plant in Johnson City, Tennessee. He will undergo 200 surgeries. Eventually, Williams becomes a country songwriter, penning "Three Wooden Crosses," "Papa Loved Mama" and "Warning Labels"
Mar 20, 1974
Phil Spector's office announces the pop producer, who wrote the country hit "To Know Him Is To Love Him," was injured in a car accident between Los Angeles and Phoenix and will require plastic surgery. No record of the crash is found
Jul 7, 1974
B.J. Thomas is arrested in Nashville for resisting arrest and use of indecent language after a fight with a cab driver who says the singer refused to pay his fare
Jul 17, 1974
Guitarist/harmony vocalist Don Rich dies in a motorcycle accident near Morro Beach, California. A member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos, he provided some of the inspiration in the group's sound and co-wrote "Before You Go" and "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
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