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    • Dec 20, 1973
    Tex Ritter has his final recording session, cutting "The Americans" at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville
    Dec 29, 1973
    Tex Ritter makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, performing his hits "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder" and "Jealous Heart"
    Dec 31, 1973
    Tex Ritter gives his final performance
    Jan 2, 1974
    Tex Ritter dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital of a heart attack, suffered at the Davidson County jail, where he bailed out a member of his band. The western movie star was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 1964 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 4, 1974
    Four hundred attend the funeral for Tex Ritter at Nashville's First Presbyterian Church, including Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb
    Jan 6, 1974
    Tex Ritter is buried at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas. In attendance are Tom T. Hall, Ralph Emery and Johnny Bond
    Jan 12, 1974
    The late Tex Ritter is featured singing "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" on the syndicated "Hee Haw," hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens
    Dec 12, 1979
    Moe Bandy records "Yesterday Once More." It honors Red Foley's "Peace In The Valley," Tex Ritter's "High Noon" and "Rye Whiskey," Johnny Horton's "North To Alaska," Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' "San Antonio Rose" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy," among others
    Jan 14, 1980
    "If I want music, I'll send for my Tex Ritter 78s!" Colonel Potter attacks Major Winchester's love of opera on the CBS telecast of "M*A*S*H"
    Aug 20, 1981
    "The Waltons" ends a 10-year prime-time run on CBS. For half of its TV life, the show featured Tex Ritter's son, John Ritter, as reverend Matthew Fordwick
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