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Jan 2, 1974
Tex Ritter dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital of a heart attack, suffered at the Davidson County jail, where he bailed out a member of his band. The western movie star was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 1964 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Aug 30, 1974
Steel guitar player Noel Boggs dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He earned acclaim for his work on recordings by Bob Wills, Merle Travis, Jimmy Wakely and The Sons Of The Pioneers
Dec 15, 1974
Guitarist Sid Manker dies of a heart attack. During work with Sun Records, he appeared on Bill Justis' "Raunchy" and Johnny Cash's "Home Of The Blues"
Mar 27, 1975
Billy Gray, a guitarist who played on Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side Of Life," dies from a heart attack during surgery in Dallas. Gray joined Wanda Jackson for a duet hit in 1954 with "You Can't Have My Love"
May 13, 1975
Bob Wills dies of heart complications, caused by a stroke, in Fort Worth, Texas. The bandleader was the best-known western-swing performer, with recordings such as "Faded Love" and "San Antonio Rose" landing him in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jul 7, 1975
George Morgan dies in Nashville, five days after having open heart surgery. Voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the smooth-voiced Grand Ole Opry member was best known for his 1949 hit "Candy Kisses." He was the father of Lorrie Morgan
Oct 18, 1975
Blues artist K.C. Douglas dies of a heart attack in Berkeley, California. He wrote "Mercury Blues," which becomes a country hit for Alan Jackson in 1993
May 3, 1976
Actor David Bruce dies of a heart attack in Hollywood. Four years later, his daughter, Amanda McBroom, enjoys a pop hit as the writer of Bette Midler's "The Rose." In 1982, the song appears in the country charts through a recording by Conway Twitty
Jul 22, 1976
Hattie Stoneman dies at Rutherford County Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, following a series of heart attacks. The widow of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, she gave birth to the members of the award-winning Stoneman Family band and played fiddle on some of her husband's recording sessions
Aug 31, 1976
Vocalist and banjo player Buell Kazee dies of a heart attack in Winchester, Kentucky. He recorded around 50 numbers for Brunswick during the late-1920s. Three of them appeared in the landmark album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
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