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Nov 16, 1960
Actor Clark Gable dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Noted for his work in "Gone With The Wind" and "It Happened One Night," he's recalled more than a decade later in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' "Do You Remember These"
Sep 20, 1961
Karl Farr, of the Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack on stage at the Eastern Exposition Coliseum in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," the western harmony group later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
Mar 29, 1962
Emmett Miller dies of cancer in Georgia's Macon Hospital. The former Vaudevillian, who influenced the vocal style of Jimmie Rodgers, did the original version of "Lovesick Blues." He also influenced Merle Haggard and Bob Wills
Sep 9, 1962
Songwriter Tex Owens dies of a heart attack in New Baden, Texas. The brother of Texas Ruby, he wrote the cowboy classic "The Cattle Call"
Aug 26, 1963
Fannie Tate Colley dies from a heart attack in Centerville, Tennessee. She was the mother of Sarah Cannon, better known as Grand Ole Opry comedian Minnie Pearl
Oct 15, 1963
Frank B. Walker, the first president of MGM Records, dies of a heart attack at his Queens, New York, home. The label was the recording home for Hank Williams, and will go on to represent Marie Osmond, Hank Williams Jr. and Mel Tillis
Nov 5, 1964
Jazz pianist Edwin "Buddy" Cole dies in Hollywood of a heart attack. Noted for his work with Nat "King" Cole, Judy Garland and Louis Armstrong, he also played on the Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely country hit "Slipping Around"
Jan 14, 1965
Actress Jeanette MacDonald dies of heart failure in Houston, Texas. Her 1936 movie "Rose Marie" introduced the title song and "Indian Love Call," both performed with Nelson Eddy. Slim Whitman revived both numbers as country hits in the 1950s
Jul 1, 1965
Big-band leader Claude Thornhill dies of a heart attack at his home in Caldwell, New Jersey. His orchestra recorded the first hit version of "Sunday Kind Of Love," a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988
Jul 1, 1966
Slim Willet dies of a heart attack at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Texas. He wrote the classic "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes," a Top 10 hit in 1952 and '53 for Willet, Skeets McDonald, Ray Price and Red Foley
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