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Apr 1, 1984
Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father at their Los Angeles home. Nicknamed the Prince of Soul, the former Motown star gets referenced in the first verse of Thomas Rhett's 2015 country single "Die A Happy Man"
Dec 4, 1984
Faron Young fires a pistol into the ceiling of his kitchen. The incident contributes to Hilda Young's decision to divorce him
Oct 23, 1985
David Crosby, formerly of The Byrds, is arrested in Mill Valley, California, after crashing into a fence. He's charged with hit and run, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia
Dec 19, 1985
Johnny Paycheck shoots Larry Wise at the North High Lounge in Hillsboro, Ohio, after Wise asked if he'd ever eaten turtle meat
Jan 3, 1986
Johnny Paycheck is indicted for shooting a man in an Ohio bar December 19
Jun 11, 1986
French radio station owner Jean-Pierre Antona is arrested for illegally carrying a weapon near the stage while Ricky Skaggs performs at Fan Fair in Nashville. The Tennessean reports that after watching American detective shows on TV, Antona thought everyone in the U.S. carried a gun
Jul 29, 1986
Singer/songwriter Paul Davis is shot in the parking lot of the Quality Inn Hall of Fame Motel on Division Street in Nashville. The assault comes as Tanya Tucker is succeeding with Davis' song "Just Another Love"
Aug 17, 1986
Ricky Skaggs' son, Andrew, is shot in the neck by a truck driver, Edward Duehring, after the boy's mother, Brenda, passed Duehring's tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 near Troutville, Virginia. Duehring felt she cut back into his lane too soon
Sep 29, 1986
Steve Earle is arrested in the Norfolk, Virginia, airport, when security detects a .45 automatic in his luggage
Jul 3, 1987
A 14-year-old Jimmy Wayne is in the backseat of an Oldsmobile Delta 88 when his stepdad shoots someone--just one episode in a tragic childhood that leads him to become a homeless teenager
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