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    • Jul 13, 1946
    Riley Puckett dies of blood poisoning in College Park, Georgia. The singer, guitarist and banjo player was one of country's seminal recording artists, leading the 1920s string band The Skillet Lickers
    Apr 7, 1947
    Henry Ford dies at his home in Dearborn, Michigan. Twenty-six years later, Jerry Reed revives his memory as he lampoons a gas crisis in "Lord, Mr. Ford"
    Sep 18, 1947
    Lyricist Bert Kalmar dies in Los Angeles, California. Kalmar co-wrote "Who's Sorry Now?," recorded in 1935 by the western-swing act Milton Brown & His Brownies
    Jan 2, 1948
    Songwriter Mark Fisher dies in Long Lake, Illinois. He wrote the pop standard "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," which will become a 1979 country hit as a duet that matches Deborah Allen with the late Jim Reeves
    Jan 15, 1948
    Jack Guthrie dies from tuberculosis in Los Angeles. The yodeling cousin of Woody Guthrie was best known for his 1945 recording of "Oklahoma Hills"
    Jan 30, 1948
    Airplane inventor Orville Wright dies of heart failure in Dayton, Ohio. He's referenced in the 2001 Trick Pony hit "Just What I Do"
    Sep 15, 1948
    Vernon Dalhart dies in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His 1924 recording of "The Wreck Of The Old '97" is widely regarded as country music's first million-selling single
    Dec 3, 1948
    Guitarist Dick Reinhart dies of a heart attack in Fort Worth. A member of Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders, he played frequently in western movies and appeared on hits by Johnny Bond and Gene Autry
    Feb 12, 1949
    Pop songwriter Seymour Simons dies in Detroit, Michigan. His credits include The Hoosier Hot Shots' "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" and "All Of Me," destined to become a 1978 hit for Willie Nelson
    Mar 25, 1949
    Jack Kapp dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City. In 1934, he founded Decca Records, which would become a significant country label, housing such artists as Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn



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