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    • Feb 28, 1971
    Fiddlin' Arthur Smith dies of cancer in Louisville. A fiddler whose style was a major influence on bluegrass music, he was a prominent member of the Grand Ole Opry from 1929-1938
    Mar 19, 1971
    Brenda Lee's longtime manager, Dub Albritton, dies of lung cancer, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Albritton was a co-writer of her signature hit, "I'm Sorry"
    May 13, 1971
    Songwriter Bobby Gregory dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote "Sunny Side Of The Mountain," which will be covered three months later by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    May 27, 1971
    Bob Dunn, steel player for Milton Brown's Brownies, dies of lung cancer in Houston, Texas. In January 1935, he became the first person to play on a country recording with an electric instrument
    Jan 23, 1972
    T. Texas Tyler dies in Springfield, Missouri, with stomach cancer. Nicknamed "The Man With A Million Friends," he enjoyed a series of hit singles from 1946-1954, including "Bumming Around," "Filipino Baby" and the recitation "Deck Of Cards"
    Sep 4, 1974
    Former CBS executive Hubbell Robinson dies from lung cancer in New York. He was married to Margaret Whiting at the time she recorded the country hit "Slipping Around" with Jimmy Wakely
    Nov 8, 1974
    Rhythm & blues singer/songwriter Ivory Joe Hunter dies of lung cancer in Memphis. Sonny James collected country hits by recording two of his songs: "Empty Arms" and "Since I Met You Baby"
    Sep 18, 1975
    Dobro player Clell Summey dies of cancer. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he preceded Bashful Brother Oswald in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Sep 27, 1975
    Guitarist/vocalist Charlie Monroe dies of cancer in Reidsville, North Carolina. He joined Bill Monroe in The Monroe Brothers, a mountain duo that became a successful act in the 1930s, prior to Bill's emergence as a bluegrass pioneer
    Jan 6, 1977
    Texas Playboys fiddler Keith Coleman dies of cancer in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He played on the Bob Wills classic "Faded Love" in 1950 and worked with Hank Thompson and Ray Price



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