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    • Sep 22, 1979
    The Eagles' Joe Walsh announces he's running for president in 1980
    Apr 2, 1980
    Syndicated radio host Bobby Bones is born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He earns a Top 5 country album in 2016 when his comedic duo, Bobby Bones And The Raging Idiots, releases "The Critics Give It 5 Stars"
    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"
    Apr 27, 1981
    "Hee Haw" star Junior Samples checks into Atlanta's Northside Hospital for hardening of the arteries
    Nov 14, 1981
    Charley Pride, Terri Gibbs, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, George Jones and Tammy Wynette guest on NBC-TV's "The Nashville Palace"
    Mar 29, 1982
    Lee Davis Wilds dies in Knoxville. He played the part of "Honey" in Jamup & Honey, a blackface comedy duo that worked the Grand Ole Opry during the 1940s
    Jun 19, 1982
    Riders In The Sky join the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" during the evening
    Jun 20, 1982
    An audit uncovers a mistake in voting for The Music City News awards. The Best Comedy Act of the Year should have gone to The Statler Brothers, instead of The Mandrells. It's the second error discovered within a week
    Nov 23, 1982
    "Hee Haw" comedian Grady Nutt dies in a plane crash in Vinemont, Alabama. A Baptist minister and author, he joined the TV show's cast in 1979
    Nov 13, 1983
    Comedian Junior Samples dies at Forsyth County Hospital following a heart attack at his home in Cumming, Georgia. Samples was best known for his "Hee Haw" role as a used-car salesman, in which he would announce a telephone number, BR5-49



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