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Apr 17, 1960
A car taking Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent to the London Airport crashes, killing Cochran, breaking Vincent's collarbone and breaking "Poor Little Fool" songwriter Sharon Sheeley's pelvis
May 13, 1960
Gid Tanner dies in Dacula, Georgia. The singer, fiddler and banjo player began making records in 1924 as a leader of the string band The Skillet Lickers, making him one of country's recording pioneers
Jun 12, 1960
Record producer Eli Oberstein dies in Westport, Connecticut. Among his credits are pioneering records by Ernest Tubb, The Delmore Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys and The Monroe Brothers
Jul 21, 1960
Pop songwriter Al Hoffman dies in New York City. Two years prior, he strung together a trio of hits for country/pop singer Jimmie Rodgers: "Secretly," "Are You Really Mine" and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again"
Aug 23, 1960
Oscar Hammerstein II, who co-wrote the music for "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound Of Music," dies of cancer at home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, Slim Whitman had country hits with two of his songs: "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
Nov 5, 1960
Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident in Austin after performing at the Skyline. Also injured: manager Tillman Franks and guitarist Tommy Tomlinson. Horton's last words before the accident: "You know, Tillman, the Lord's been real good to me this year"
Nov 7, 1960
A.P. Carter dies in Kingsport, Tennessee. With his wife Sara and her cousin, Maybelle Carter, The Original Carter Family became one of the genre's pioneering groups with A.P. credited as a writer of such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
Nov 16, 1960
Actor Clark Gable dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Noted for his work in "Gone With The Wind" and "It Happened One Night," he's recalled more than a decade later in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' "Do You Remember These"
Dec 2, 1960
Lonnie Irving dies of leukemia just months after earning the only hit of his career, with "Pinball Machine." Irving is just 28 years old
Apr 29, 1961
Gilbert "Cisco" Houston dies of cancer in San Bernardino, California. A longtime drinking buddy and singing partner of Woody Guthrie, he co-wrote "Cocaine Blues," a hit for Roy Hogsed in 1948
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