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    • Dec 16, 1978
    Lester Flatt is released from Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he's been treated for over three weeks for a brain hemorrhage
    Mar 23, 1979
    Lester Flatt performs on the Grand Ole Opry in his first appearance on the show since a brain hemorrhage in November
    Apr 23, 1979
    Lester Flatt enters Nashville's Baptist Hospital with a heart ailment
    May 11, 1979
    Lester Flatt dies in Nashville. The guitarist teamed with banjo player Earl Scruggs in Bill Monroe's band, before the two went on to form their own influential bluegrass act. Flatt & Scruggs are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985
    May 13, 1979
    Two hundred fifty music industry friends attend a memorial service for Lester Flatt, including Roy Acuff, who calls him "a man you could trust"
    May 14, 1979
    Lester Flatt is buried in the hills of White County, Tennessee
    Mar 11, 1981
    Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' remake of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Don't Get Above Your Raising," Skaggs' first single for the label
    Jul 1, 1981
    The estate of Lester Flatt sues Coors for using the late performer's likeness to sell beer. The suit is settled out of court three years later
    Oct 14, 1985
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs join the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the 19th annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Feb 24, 1999
    Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side Of Life," Lefty Frizzell's "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" and Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" join the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with other early-'50s recordings: Doris Day's "Secret Love" and titles by The Drifters and The Blackwood Brothers
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