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Apr 7, 2020
Singer/songwriter John Prine dies of complications from COVID-19 at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center. A 2019 inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earned a Top 5 country album with "The Tree Of Forgiveness" and wrote Don Williams' "Love Is On A Roll" and George Strait's "I Just Want To Dance With You"
Apr 15, 2020
Gospel Music Hall of Fame member Gary McSpadden dies of pancreatic cancer in Tulsa. He was a member of The Oak Ridge Boys briefly in the 1960s before the group transitioned into country
Apr 24, 2020
Harold Reid, the bass singer for The Statler Brothers, dies from kidney failure at his home in Staunton, Virginia. He wrote more than a dozen of the quartet's hits, including "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine," "The Class Of '57" and "How To Be A Country Star." The gospel-bred group joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
May 9, 2020
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Little Richard dies of bone cancer in Nashville. A flamboyant rock and R&B pioneer in the 1950s, he saw two of his songs become hits for country stars: Billy "Crash" Craddock's cover of "Slippin' And Slidin'" and Waylon Jennings' version of "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
May 11, 2020
Charles "Fuzzy" Owen dies at home in Bakersfield. Merle Haggard's longtime manager, he produced many of the singer's classics, including "Sing Me Back Home," "The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Okie From Muskogee." Owen also wrote Ray Price's "The Same Old Me" and the Jean Shepard/Ferlin Husky duet "A Dear John Letter"
May 25, 2020
Steel guitarist Bucky Baxter dies in Sanibel Island, Florida. He recorded with Bob Dylan, Kacey Musgraves and Steve Earle
Jun 1, 2020
Guitarist Jimmy Capps dies. A longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry house band, he played on Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler," George Strait's "Amarillo By Morning," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira"
Jun 8, 2020
Bonnie Pointer dies of cardiac arrest at home in Los Angeles. She was a member of The Pointer Sisters, an R&B act that earned a Grammy award in the country field for "Fairytale," which she co-wrote with sister Anita Pointer
Jun 11, 2020
Songwriter Glenn Ray dies. He wrote John Anderson's "I Just Came Home To Count The Memories" and Ed Bruce's "Ever, Never Lovin' You"
Jun 12, 2020
Songwriter Larry W. Johnson dies after a two-year battle with cancer. He co-wrote the Tim McGraw hit "Don't Take The Girl"
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