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    • Apr 7, 1998
    Drummer Carlos Vega dies of self-inflicted gun shots at his Los Angeles home. Noted for his work on pop records by James Taylor, Boz Scaggs and Olivia Newton-John, he also played on at least 15 country hits by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire
    Jun 10, 1998
    Steve Sanders dies in an apparent suicide in Cape Coral, Florida. Sanders replaced William Lee Golden in The Oak Ridge Boys from 1987-1995, singing lead on such hits as "Gonna Take A Lot Of River" and "Bridges And Walls"
    Nov 11, 2003
    Nineteen-year-old William Milton Lance Emmitt commits suicide in Maury County, Tennessee. The death inspires Rory Feek, whose daughter was friends with Emmitt, to write "How Do You Get That Lonely," a Blaine Larsen country hit
    Dec 16, 2003
    Gary Stewart is found dead at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida, from a gunshot to the neck in an apparent suicide weeks after his wife's death. He gained acclaim as a raw honky-tonk singer in the 1970s, paced by "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)"
    Oct 25, 2004
    Gary Allan's wife, Angela Herzberg, dies from a self-inflicted gunshot at the couple's home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Allan, who is home at the time of the shooting, cancels a series of concerts
    Jun 2, 2006
    Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick commits suicide by slitting his throat in the back yard of his home in Sonoma County, California. The Dead was referenced 10 years prior in the Lonestar country hit "No News"
    Jan 4, 2007
    Nikki Bacharach, the daughter of "Any Day Now" songwriter Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, commits suicide at her home in Thousand Oaks, California, following a lengthy battle with Asperger syndrome, a brain disorder
    Feb 20, 2008
    Curb executive Phil Gernhard dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at his Brentwood, Tennessee, home. He had a role in the careers of Tim McGraw, Rodney Atkins and Steve Holy. He also produced hits by Jim Stafford, Lobo and The Bellamy Brothers
    May 4, 2008
    Guitarist George "Leo" Jackson, suffering from chronic back pain, commits suicide at his home in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. A former member of Jim Reeves' Blue Boys, he played on hits by Moe Bandy, George Strait and Tom T. Hall
    Feb 26, 2010
    Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son, Michael Bryan Blosil, commits suicide by jumping from his eighth-floor apartment in Los Angeles



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