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    • Aug 24, 1991
    Fifteen days after undergoing heart surgery, Bill Monroe shows up at the Grand Ole Opry. He doesn't perform, but he comes out on stage to wave to fans
    Dec 8, 1991
    Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by president George Bush. Among the participants in the Washington, D.C., ceremony, shot for a CBS-TV special: Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Steve Wariner and Bill Monroe
    Dec 26, 1991
    Bill Monroe, Steve Wariner and Emmylou Harris sing "I Saw The Light" with a band that features Chet Atkins and Mark O'Connor as "The Kennedy Center Honors" pay tribute to Roy Acuff on CBS. In the balcony are George and Barbara Bush
    Sep 2, 1992
    Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen" ranks #73 as Country America magazine lists the Top 100 Country Songs Of All-Time
    Dec 2, 1992
    The Smoky Mountain Boys play "I'll Fly Away" to close a memorial to Roy Acuff at the Acuff Theatre. Also taking part: Hank Snow, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, Jeannie Seely, Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and Little Jimmy Dickens
    Apr 23, 1994
    Bill Monroe's farm in Sumner County, Tennessee, is sold at auction for $375,000. The land is bought by the Grand Ole Opry, which refurbishes the log house and allows Monroe to continue living there
    Jun 1, 1994
    The historic Ryman Auditorium returns to active use with an invitation-only TV taping of "The Roots Of Country," featuring Alan Jackson, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Vince Gill, Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire, John Anderson and Steve Wariner, among others. The show airs June 25 on CBS-TV
    Jul 2, 1994
    Bill Monroe's manager, Ralph Rinzler, dies of AIDS in Washington, D.C.
    Jul 7, 1994
    Bill Monroe attends a memorial service for his former manager, Ralph Rinzler, performing "Wayfaring Stranger" with Mike Seeger in Washington, D.C.
    Jun 30, 1995
    Bill Monroe is hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville with pneumonia
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