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Oct 27, 1965
Native American songwriter Peter La Farge commits suicide by slashing his wrists in a Greenwich Village bathtub. At the time, Johnny Cash has a country hit with the La Farge-penned "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
Nov 6, 1965
Jazz and vaudevillian songwriter Clarence Williams dies in Queens, New York. Associated with Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, his output included "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It," a country hit for Hank Williams, T. Texas Tyler and Ricky Nelson
Nov 21, 1965
Fiddler Cecil Brower dies during a party at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City of a perforated ulcer. One of the pioneers of western swing, he established the fiddle's role in the genre during his tenure with Milton Brown's Musical Brownies
Feb 3, 1966
Republic Pictures founder Herb Yates dies at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. His company, established in 1935, launched the careers of western actors Gene Autry, John Wayne and Roy Rogers
Feb 10, 1966
Songwriter Billy Rose dies of pneumonia in Jamaica. His compositions include "Barney Google," "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" and "Without A Song," a 1984 country hit for Willie Nelson
Mar 8, 1966
Robert Lunn dies in Nashville. His "talking blues" style made him one of the early stars of the Grand Ole Opry
May 17, 1966
Wiley Walker dies in Oklahoma City. Along with Gene Sullivan, he made up half a significant duo, which recorded the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again," and had a hit in 1946 with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
Jul 1, 1966
Slim Willet dies of a heart attack at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Texas. He wrote the classic "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes," a Top 10 hit in 1952 and '53 for Willet, Skeets McDonald, Ray Price and Red Foley
Jul 18, 1966
Pop singer Bobby Fuller dies in Los Angeles of asphyxiation, just months after scoring a hit with "I Fought The Law." The song, written by former Buddy Holly cohort Sonny Curtis, is remade in a 1978 country hit by Hank Williams Jr.
Sep 28, 1966
Big-band leader Lucky Millinder dies in New York City. A mid-century jazz and R&B figure, he planted two 1944 singles--"Sweet Slumber" and "Hurry, Hurry"--on Billboard's folk charts, which ultimately became the magazine's country list
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