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Aug 29, 2018
Pop record producer Tony Camillo dies in Hillsborough, New Jersey. His credits include Gladys Knight & The Pips' "Midnight Train To Georgia," considered one of country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Dec 4, 2018
Record executive, producer and guitarist Kelso Herston dies in Nashville. A former Nashville chief for United Artists and Capitol, he produced hits for Sonny James, Ferlin Husky and Del Reeves, and added guitar to singles by George Jones, Leroy Van Dyke and Billy "Crash" Craddock
Mar 20, 2019
Country Music Hall of Fame member Fred Foster dies in Nashville. The founder of Monument Records, he co-wrote "Me And Bobby McGee" and produced hits for Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Gatlin and Roy Orbison
Sep 28, 2019
Songwriter/producer busbee dies from a form of brain cancer. He oversaw sessions by Maren Morris, Keith Urban and Lauren Alaina, and authored such titles as Hunter Hayes' "Storm Warning," Lady Antebellum's "You Look Good" and Carly Pearce's "Every Little Thing"
Apr 2, 2020
Producer/guitarist Kenny Mims dies from a heart attack in Nashville. A member of the 1990s band Bonepony, he co-produced the Kenny Rogers hit "Twenty Years Ago" and played on Hank Williams Jr.'s "Leave Them Boys Alone" and Dan Seals' "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"
May 11, 2020
Charles "Fuzzy" Owen dies at home in Bakersfield. Merle Haggard's longtime manager, he produced many of the singer's classics, including "Sing Me Back Home," "The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Okie From Muskogee." Owen also wrote Ray Price's "The Same Old Me" and the Jean Shepard/Ferlin Husky duet "A Dear John Letter"
Jun 24, 2020
Songwriter/producer Alan Schulman dies. He worked with Mac McAnally, Jimmy Buffett and The Forester Sisters, penning their hit "Men"
Oct 7, 2020
Former label executive, producer and songwriter Ray Pennington dies in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He authored Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" and Ricky Skaggs' "Don't Cheat In Our Hometown." Pennington also produced hits for Jennings and Ray Price
Jan 16, 2021
Songwriter/producer Phil Spector dies of COVID-19 in prison in Stockton, California. Noted for his work with The Righteous Brothers, The Crystals and The Beatles, Spector also wrote "To Know Him Is To Love Him," covered in country by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Mar 7, 2021
Producer Elliot Mazer dies of a heart attack at his home in San Francisco. His credits included Neil Young's album "Harvest" and Linda Ronstadt's "Long Long Time"
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