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May 15, 1982
Bass player Birch Monroe dies following a heart attack in Owensboro, Kentucky, one day before his 81st birthday. The older brother of Bill Monroe, he appeared on The Blue Grass Boys' 1948 hit "Wicked Path Of Sin"
Oct 23, 1982
Hoyt Hawkins dies following a heart attack at his home in Nashville. In 1950, Hawkins joined The Jordanaires, a vocal quartet that provided background to records by Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Dean, Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette and others, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Dec 8, 1982
Marty Robbins dies in Nashville of a heart attack just two months after his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. His 30-year career was marked by love songs, pop crossover hits and the classic Western story song "El Paso"
Dec 17, 1982
Dr. Jack Murphy dies of a heart attack in Illinois. As a result, he never sees his son, David Lee Murphy, sign a recording deal in the 1990s and become a country star
Jan 26, 1983
Paul "Bear" Bryant, coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, dies of a heart attack at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa. He's mentioned in the second verse of the 2009 Tim McGraw hit "Southern Voice"
May 23, 1983
Songwriter Churchill Kohlman dies of a heart attack in Pittsburgh. He wrote the pop classic "Cry," a 1970s country hit for Lynn Anderson and an '80s hit for Crystal Gayle
May 23, 1983
Vern Gosdin's brother, Rex Gosdin, dies of a heart attack in Jonesboro, Georgia. He co-wrote Leon Everette's "Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair"
Aug 15, 1983
Songwriter Chuck Howard dies of heart disease at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. His credits include Conway Twitty's "Happy Birthday Darlin'," Waylon Jennings' "Come With Me" and Merle Haggard's "I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall"
Sep 15, 1983
Bert Bacharach dies of heart failure at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He's the father of songwriter Burt Bacharach, whose song "Any Day Now" was a country hit the previous year for Ronnie Milsap
Oct 20, 1983
Merle Travis dies following a massive coronary in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Peaking as an artist during the 1940s, he also wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons," was recognized as a stellar guitarist, and joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977
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