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May 27, 2017
Gregg Allman dies at his home in Savannah, Georgia. A co-founder of The Allman Brothers Band, he authored "Midnight Rider," which became a country hit after Willie Nelson covered it for the movie "The Electric Horseman"
Sep 4, 2017
Keyboard player Earl "Wire" Lindo dies in London. A longtime member of the reggae band The Wailers, he took part in the 2008 Kenny Chesney single "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven"
Oct 2, 2017
Rocker Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles following an accidental overdose of painkillers for multiple ailments, including a broken hip. The author of Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and Roy Orbison's "You Got It," he sang on Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of "Mind Your Own Business"
Nov 18, 2017
AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young dies in Sydney, Australia, after battling dementia. The hard-rock band was referenced in Craig Morgan's 2009 single "Bonfire"
Nov 19, 2017
Bass singer Warren "Pete" Moore dies in Las Vegas. As a member of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, he participated in the first recording of "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," a song that was remade as a 1984 country hit by Mickey Gilley
Jun 22, 2018
Metal band Pantera announces drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott has died. He was the son of "Play Together Again Again" songwriter Jerry Abbott
Aug 16, 2018
Aretha Franklin dies of pancreatic cancer at her home in Detroit. The Queen of Soul recorded the original version of "Do Right Woman - Do Right Man," a country hit for Barbara Mandrell, who named her road band The Do-Rites
Aug 22, 2018
Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at his Nashville home. King co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and received co-writing credit on the Kid Rock country hit "All Summer Long," built on the "Sweet Home" signature riff
Oct 1, 2018
Charles Aznavour dies at his home in France. The singer, songwriter and actor penned Roy Clark's 1969 country hit "Yesterday, When I Was Young"
Oct 24, 2018
Singer/songwriter Tony Joe White dies at home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, following a heart attack. He earned a pop hit as an artist with "Polk Salad Annie" and had country hits as a songwriter of Hank Williams Jr.'s "A Rainy Night In Georgia" and Jacky Ward's "That's The Way A Cowboy Rocks And Rolls"
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