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May 4, 1952
J.L. Frank dies in a Detroit hotel room, where he's been laid up with strep throat. Referred to as the "Flo Ziegfeld of country music," he was the first major promoter and manager in the genre, working with Pee Wee King, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl in a career that will place him in the Country Music Hall of Fame
May 8, 1952
Western-swing vocalist Leon Huff dies of a heart attack near Eufaula, Oklahoma, while riding Johnnie Lee Wills' bus. He sang with Bob Wills and The Light Crust Doughboys, in addition to Johnnie Lee
Jun 24, 1952
Guitarist Steuart Smith is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He plays on hits by Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Wynonna
Jul 28, 1952
Guitarist Robert "Jabbo" Arrington dies at General Hospital in Nashville. He appeared on Little Jimmy Dickens' "A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed" and "Hillbilly Fever," plus several recordings by Carl Smith
Nov 21, 1952
Tawnee Hall, a guitarist for Lefty Frizzell, dies at age 25 in Eastman, Georgia
Dec 4, 1952
Rabon Delmore dies of lung cancer one day after his 36th birthday. Along with older sibling Alton Delmore, The Delmore Brothers were one of the genre's strongest duos during the 1930s, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Jan 1, 1953
Hank Williams is pronounced dead at Oak Hill General Hospital in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. Many believe he died from a mix of alcohol and morphine. He will become one of the three inaugural members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Mar 28, 1953
Olympian Jim Thorpe dies in Lomita, California. He will be referenced in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
Apr 23, 1953
Pop songwriter Peter DeRose dies in New York. He authored Ted Lewis' 1933 hit "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)," which is re-configured as a 1981 country duet for two artists after their deaths: Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline
Aug 2, 1953
The Davis Sisters are involved in a head-on car accident in Cincinnati. Betty Jack Davis is killed, while Skeeter Davis survives. The driver of the other automobile later pleads guilty to manslaughter
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