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Oct 28, 1990
Mel Foree, Nashville's first record promoter, dies from cancer. Foree wrote Gene Watson's "No One Will Ever Know"
Oct 31, 1990
Carl Belew dies of cancer in Salina, Oklahoma. Belew earned Top 10 hits with "Am I That Easy To Forget" and "Hello Out There," and wrote Eddy Arnold's "What's He Doing In My World," among others
Feb 14, 1991
Guitarist Roy Lanham dies of cancer in Camarillo, California. A member of The Sons Of The Pioneers, he played on Loretta Lynn's "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl" and Ned Miller's "From A Jack To A King"
Feb 24, 1991
Webb Pierce dies of pancreatic cancer at his Nashville home. One of country's most flamboyant performers, he leaves a rhinestone legacy of more than 50 hits, including "Slowly," "There Stands The Glass," "In The Jailhouse Now" and "I Ain't Never." He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame 10 years later
Mar 11, 1991
Carrie Rivers Cash, the mother of Johnny Cash and Tommy Cash, dies of cancer at her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee
Mar 14, 1991
Songwriter Doc Pomus dies of lung cancer in New York. Primarily an R&B figure, he wrote several songs that became country hits, including Emmylou Harris' version of "Save The Last Dance For Me" and Dwight Yoakam's remake of "Little Sister"
Mar 22, 1991
Banjo player Dave Guard dies of cancer at his home in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. He was a founding member of the folk act The Kingston Trio, which won the first Grammy award given for a country recording, recognizing "Tom Dooley"
Sep 8, 1991
Songwriter Alex North dies of pancreatic cancer in Pacific Palisades, California. He wrote "Unchained Melody," which became a country hit for Elvis Presley
Nov 2, 1991
Songwriter Mort Shuman dies of cancer in London. He wrote several Elvis Presley hits and had country hits with two titles: Dwight Yoakam's "Little Sister" and three separate versions of "Save The Last Dance For Me," by Buck Owens, by Emmylou Harris and by Dolly Parton
Dec 25, 1991
Phillip Spector Jr., the nine-year-old son of "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector, dies of leukemia
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