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    • Jul 23, 1907
    Songwriter Will Hays dies in Louisville, Kentucky, four days after his 70th birthday. Some four decades later, Eddy Arnold earns a country hit with "Molly Darling," a title Hays authored in the 1870s
    Dec 26, 1909
    Old West painter Frederic Remington dies in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He's remembered in the lyrics of Ed Bruce's 1980 country hit "The Last Cowboy Song"
    Apr 21, 1910
    American author Mark Twain dies in Redding, Connecticut. Noted for such books as "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn," he's threaded into the lyrics of a 2015 Keith Urban country single, "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
    May 30, 1912
    Inventor Wilbur Wright dies of typhus in Dayton, Ohio, nine years after the Wright Brothers inaugurated manned flight. The brothers are remembered in Trick Pony's 2001 single "Just What I Do"
    Jan 6, 1919
    Former president Teddy Roosevelt dies of a heart attack in Oyster Bay, New York. His accomplishments in the battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War are referenced in The Henningsens' 2013 country hit "American Beautiful"
    Aug 2, 1922
    Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell dies in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia. More than 70 years later, his legacy lands him in the lyrics of Reba McEntire's country hit "Why Haven't I Heard From You"
    Apr 21, 1924
    Fiddler Henry Gilliland dies in Altus, Oklahoma. Just two years earlier, he took part in the very first country recording session
    Aug 1, 1925
    Billboard founder Bill Donaldson dies. His publication goes on to become the leading trade paper in the music industry
    Jan 13, 1929
    Wild West hero Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles. His legacy is recalled in the 1980 Ed Bruce country hit "The Last Cowboy Song"
    Sep 7, 1929
    Lawyer and songwriter Frederic Weatherly dies at his home in Bath, England. He wrote "Danny Boy," destined to become a 1967 country hit for Ray Price



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