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Jan 19, 2008
Singer/songwriter John Stewart dies following a stroke in a San Diego hospital. A former member of The Kingston Trio, he wrote Anne Murray's "Daydream Believer" and Rosanne Cash's "Runaway Train"
Apr 22, 2008
Singer/songwriter Paul Davis dies of a heart attack at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi. He collaborated on hits with Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker and wrote "Bop," "One Love At A Time" and "Meet Me In Montana"
May 5, 2008
Jerry Wallace dies of congestive heart failure at his home in Victorville, California. Originally a pop artist, he secured five Top 15 country hits in the 1970s, including the #1 single "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry"
Jul 16, 2008
Pop singer Jo Stafford dies of congestive heart failure at her home in Century City, California. She earned a pair of country hits in 1947, singing on Red Ingle's "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" and her own "Feudin' And Fightin'"
Aug 10, 2008
R&B legend Isaac Hayes is pronounced dead at Memphis' Baptist East Hospital after suffering a stroke. He wrote "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," a Sam & Dave classic remade as a 1976 country hit by Sonny James
Oct 1, 2008
Nick Reynolds dies in San Diego. He was a founding member of the folk group The Kingston Trio, whose 1958 single "Tom Dooley" received the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance
Dec 27, 2008
Delaney Bramlett dies of complications from gall bladder surgery at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the Dickey Lee country hit "Never Ending Song Of Love"
Jan 28, 2009
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell dies at his home outside Jacksonville, Florida. He played on "Sweet Home Alabama," sampled in the previous year's Kid Rock country hit "All Summer Long"
Feb 1, 2009
Drummer Dewey Martin is found dead in his apartment in Van Nuys, California. After touring with Patsy Cline, Faron Young and The Dillards, he became a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a band with a formative role in country-rock
Feb 11, 2009
Pop singer Estelle Bennett is found dead at her home in Englewood, New Jersey. As a member of The Ronettes, she sang on the 1963 hit "Be My Baby," remade in 1972 as a country hit by Jody Miller
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