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    • Feb 15, 1976
    Jerry Lee Lewis' bass player, Tarp Tarrant, robs a 7-11 convenience store at gun point. For his $58 stunt, he gets 8-10 years
    Jun 21, 1976
    A thief breaks into The Osborne Brothers' limo while the band is on stage in St. Paul, Minnesota, and steals Sonny Osborne's wallet, including $4340 in cash. Osborne begins carrying a handgun as a result
    Sep 27, 1976
    A teenage Randy Travis, still going by the name Randy Traywick, is charged with larceny and with breaking and entering in North Carolina. He is pardoned for the offenses 23 years later
    Jun 30, 1977
    Randy Travis is charged with attempted larceny in North Carolina, where the teen still uses his given name, Randy Traywick
    Aug 2, 1977
    No good deed goes unpunished: Merle Haggard's son, Marty Haggard, is hospitalized at Bakersfield Medical Center after he was shot and robbed by a hitchhiker he had offered a ride
    Aug 29, 1977
    Three men attempt to steal Elvis Presley's casket from the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis to prove it's empty
    Sep 19, 1978
    George Jones' tour bus is stolen in Nashville
    Jun 6, 1979
    Charlie Louvin's van is stolen from a downtown Nashville parking lot during Fan Fair
    Sep 18, 1979
    Tammy Wynette's hotel room is robbed in Princeton, Indiana. She loses $20,000 cash and $6,000 worth of jewelry
    Aug 14, 1980
    A Martin guitar that George Jones has used for 20 years is stolen in Terrell, North Carolina. A man who was offered the guitar recognizes it from local newscasts, obtains it and returns it to Jones five days later



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