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Oct 11, 1998
T. Tommy Cutrer dies of a heart attack in Gallatin, Tennessee. He served as a Grand Ole Opry announcer during a 10-year stint that ended in 1964 and worked as the announcer on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show"
Nov 16, 1998
J.D. Sumner, the bass singer with gospel music's Stamps Quartet, dies of a heart attack in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, hotel room. He performed on such Elvis Presley hits as "Burning Love," "Moody Blue" and "Way Down"
Dec 25, 1998
Guitarist/songwriter Bryan MacLean dies of a heart attack suffered at a restaurant in Los Angeles. MacLean penned "Don't Toss Us Away," an album cut for his former band, Lone Justice. The song was also a 1989 country hit for Patty Loveless
Jan 22, 1999
Steel guitarist Jimmy Day dies at Houston's Hermann Hospital from heart failure following a bout with cancer. He played on hits by The Everly Brothers, Webb Pierce, George Jones, Ray Price, Charlie Walker and Jim Reeves, among others
Feb 7, 1999
"Route 66" songwriter Bobby Troup dies of a heart attack in Sherman Oaks, California. An Asleep At The Wheel performance of his song was nominated for a Grammy in 1977
Mar 9, 1999
Songwriter Mike Anthony dies at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center, a month after suffering both a heart attack and a stroke. He was responsible for John Michael Montgomery's "I Miss You A Little"
May 3, 1999
Joel Price, who played bass for Little Jimmy Dickens, dies of a heart attack at BJC Medical Center in Commerce, Georgia. Price is recognized as the first musician to play an electric bass on the Grand Ole Opry
May 10, 1999
Songwriter Shel Silverstein is found dead at his Key West, Florida, home following a heart attack. The multi-talented cartoonist and author wrote Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," Bobby Bare's "Marie Laveau" and Loretta Lynn's "One's On The Way"
Oct 2, 1999
Songwriter Danny Mayo is found dead of a diabetes-related heart attack on his 49th birthday at a Ramada Inn in Nashville. Mayo wrote Tracy Byrd's "The Keeper Of The Stars," Pirates Of The Mississippi's "Feed Jake" and Alabama's "If I Had You"
Oct 4, 1999
Songwriter A.L. "Doodle" Owens dies in Nashville, 15 days after his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His credits included hits by George Jones, Charley Pride, Doug Stone, Connie Smith and Moe Bandy
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