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Dec 24, 1940
Songwriter Billy Hill dies in a Boston hotel room. His writing successes include Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie Lullaby" and Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)"
Jun 23, 1941
Trumpet player Walter "Tubby" Lewis dies of pneumonia at age 24. As a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such records as "Time Changes Everything," "New San Antonio Rose" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa"
Nov 17, 1941
Guitarist Henry Whitter dies in Morganton, North Carolina. One of country's recording pioneers, his version of "The Wreck On The Southern Old 97" inspires Vernon Dalhart's million-selling recording of the song
Dec 10, 1941
Fighter pilot Colin Kelly is killed in a Japanese air attack over the Pacific. One of the first American heroes of World War II, he's remembered the following year in the lyrics of Elton Britt's hit "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
Feb 8, 1942
Pop songwriter James Hanley dies in Douglaston, New York. Twenty years later, his song "Second Hand Rose" is recast as a country single by Roy Drusky
Jul 9, 1942
Songwriter Kelly Harrell dies of an asthma attack while working at a Virginia mill. He authored the Jimmie Rodgers recording "Away On The Mountain"
Oct 23, 1942
Broadway and film composer Ralph Rainger dies in a mid-air collision near Palm Springs, California. The author of "Thanks For The Memory," he also co-wrote "Blue Hawaii," recorded by Willie Nelson for the 1992 movie "Honeymoon In Vegas"
Dec 25, 1942
Songwriter George Cobb dies in Brookline, Massachusetts. He wrote Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" and The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?"
May 28, 1943
Pop singer Leonore Vonderleath dies at the age of 46 in Buffalo, New York. Using the stage name Vaughn Deleath, she earned a 1927 hit with "Are You Lonesome Tonight?," covered in 1960 by Elvis Presley
Nov 22, 1943
Pop lyricist Lorenz Hart dies of pneumonia in New York. Known for such classics as "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is A Tramp," he also wrote "Blue Moon," destined to appear on the "Apollo 13" soundtrack in the hands of The Mavericks
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