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    • Mar 22, 2009
    Producer and record executive Aubrey Mayhew dies at his Nashville home. Mayhew established Little Darlin' Records, where he signed Johnny Paycheck and produced the singer's first recordings
    Jun 10, 2009
    Producer Barry Beckett dies of complications from a stroke at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. His credits include hits by Eddy Raven, Lorrie Morgan, Kenny Chesney and Hank Williams Jr.
    Aug 6, 2009
    Songwriter/guitarist/producer Otha Young dies of cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Juice Newton's musical partner wrote "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)," The Forester Sisters' "Don't You" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
    Aug 13, 2009
    Guitarist and recording pioneer Les Paul dies of pneumonia in New York's West Plains Hospital. With then-wife Mary Ford he had a 1951 country hit with "Mockin' Bird Hill." He also won a country Grammy for a recording with Chet Atkins
    Sep 24, 2009
    Bobby Paris dies of leukemia in Las Vegas. He produced Bobbie Gentry's 1967 crossover hit "Ode To Billie Joe"
    Oct 7, 2009
    Record executive Shelby Singleton dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. The producer of Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A.," he bought Sun Records and produced Roy Drusky, Faron Young and Leroy Van Dyke
    Jul 6, 2010
    R&B songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua dies in Detroit. He authored The Forester Sisters' 1988 country hit "Sincerely" and the 1970 Bill Anderson & Jan Howard hit "Someday We'll Be Together"
    Jul 31, 2010
    Record producer Mitch Miller dies at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He recorded his own sing-along albums, produced a bevy of pop acts and oversaw country hits for Jimmy Boyd and Marty Robbins
    Jul 31, 2010
    Songwriter/producer/musician George Richey dies in Nashville. Married two decades to Tammy Wynette, his writing credits included "The Grand Tour," "Soul Song," "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" and "A Picture Of Me (Without You)"
    Apr 9, 2011
    Engineer and record producer Roger Nichols dies of cancer at his home in Burbank, California. He worked with the likes of Steely Dan, Rosanne Cash, John Denver, Rodney Crowell and Bela Fleck & The Flecktones



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