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    • Jan 31, 1981
    Scotty Wiseman dies of a heart attack in Gainesville, Florida. A longtime member of the comedic husband-and-wife musical team Lulu Belle & Scotty, he wrote "Mountain Dew," Willie Nelson's "Remember Me" and Minnie Pearl's all-time favorite song, "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
    May 16, 1981
    R&B keyboard player Ernie Freeman dies of a heart attack. Freeman made one showing on the country charts, with his 1958 cover of the instrumental "Raunchy"
    May 25, 1981
    R&B singer/songwriter Roy Brown dies of a heart attack at Pacoima Lutheran Hospital in Los Angeles. He wrote Elvis Presley's "Good Rockin' Tonight" and had a country hit as an artist with the 1948 recording "'Fore Day In The Morning"
    Jun 1, 1981
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Murphy dies of a heart attack. His recordings included "Electricity," ranked among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 8, 1981
    Ervin T. Rouse dies from a heart attack in Miami, Florida. As a member of The Rouse Brothers, he wrote the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special" and recorded the first version of the song
    Nov 24, 1981
    Clara Webb Butcher--the mother of Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle and Peggy Sue--dies of a heart attack in Nashville
    Dec 9, 1981
    R&B singer Sonny Til dies of a heart attack at a Baltimore, Maryland, hospital. He sang with The Orioles, whose version of "Crying In The Chapel" is ranked among country's 500 all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 27, 1981
    Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael dies of a heart attack in Rancho Mirage, California. The legendary pop composer was best known for writing "Georgia On My Mind," which earned Willie Nelson a Grammy award
    Mar 15, 1982
    John Denver's father, Henry John Deutschendorf, dies at Aurora Presbyterian Hospital in Colorado from a heart attack
    Apr 8, 1982
    Guitarist Tommy Tomlinson dies of heart failure in Louisiana. He played on the Johnny Horton hits "The Battle Of New Orleans," "Sink The Bismarck" and "North To Alaska"



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