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    • Apr 14, 1999
    Tammy Wynette's body is exhumed in Nashville for an autopsy at the request of her widow, George Richey, who is being sued by her three daughters in connection with the singer's death
    May 20, 1999
    An autopsy reveals Tammy Wynette died from heart failure, caused by repeated blood clots. Doctors are unable to determine if drugs were a factor in her death
    Oct 21, 1999
    An Arkansas millionaire presents 2 million Christmas lights to Elvis Presley's estate. The lights are incorporated in Graceland Mansion's holiday presentation, but blue lights--in honor of "Blue Christmas"--continue to appear along the driveway
    Nov 4, 1999
    Johnny Cash makes out his final will and testament, creating a trust fund for seven heirs, including Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash and Carlene Carter
    Mar 15, 2000
    Ed Gregory receives a controversial pardon from president Bill Clinton for a 1982 fraud conviction. Gregory's carnival company, United Shows, had purchased the rights to much of Jim Reeves' estate in 1996
    Nov 30, 2000
    A male nurse is sentenced to six months in prison for selling Tammy Wynette's medical files to supermarket tabloids
    Jan 7, 2001
    Glen Campbell signs a will. He will create another five years later
    Jan 29, 2001
    Ames Davis, administrator for the estate of Jim Reeves' widow, Mary Reeves Davis, files suit against her nephew, saying he was improperly influenced to sell rights to most of Reeves' estate to Ed Gregory, a carnival promoter for United Shows
    Mar 10, 2001
    The Hollister Auction Gallery, near Branson, begins auctioning 12,000 items from the estate of Boxcar Willie
    Mar 29, 2001
    The estate of Margaret Mitchell asks for a restraining order to block the release of songwriter Alice Randall's "The Wind Done Gone," a novel that retells "Gone With The Wind" from a slave's point of view. Randall's credits include "XXXs's And OOO's (An American Girl)" and "Girls Ride Horses Too"



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