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Oct 26, 2000
Harmonica player Don Brooks dies with leukemia in New York City. Noted for his work with Billy Joel, Diana Ross and The Bee Gees, he was a member of Waylon Jennings' band during the 1970s, appearing on "You Ask Me To" and "This Time"
Nov 14, 2000
Sax player David Wilson dies of cancer. He was a former member of The Cascades, a pop group best known for the 1963 single "Rhythm Of The Rain." Jacky Ward remade that song as a country hit in 1978
Apr 8, 2001
Singer/songwriter Van Stephenson dies at home in Nashville from skin cancer. Stephenson was one-third of the trio BlackHawk and wrote Lee Greenwood's "You've Got A Good Love Comin'" and Restless Heart's "Bluest Eyes In Texas"
Jun 4, 2001
John Hartford dies of lymphoma at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The bluegrass- and folk-influenced singer, banjo player and fiddler was best known for writing the Glen Campbell classic "Gentle On My Mind"
Jun 30, 2001
Chet Atkins dies at home after a long bout with cancer. An influential guitarist and producer who helped create "The Nashville Sound," he entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973 and earned a Lifetime Achievement award from the Grammys
Jul 10, 2001
Marizona Robbins, the widow of Marty Robbins, dies of cancer in Brentwood, a Nashville suburb. She inspired his 1970 hit "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"
Aug 26, 2001
Songwriter and autoharp expert Cecil Null dies from cancer at the Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, Virginia. He wrote The Davis Sisters' 1953 hit "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"
Nov 29, 2001
Ex-Beatle George Harrison dies in Los Angeles from cancer. During his tenure with The Beatles, he authored "Something," a ballad that had a second life as a country hit in 1974 for Johnny Rodriguez
Dec 18, 2001
Songwriter Gilbert Becaud dies of lung cancer in Paris, France. He wrote "Let It Be Me," which became a pop hit for The Everly Brothers and a country hit for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson
Dec 31, 2001
Marie Hartford, widow of "Gentle On My Mind" songwriter John Hartford, dies in Nashville, seven days after she was diagnosed with lung cancer
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