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    • Nov 18, 1971
    Bluesman Junior Parker dies during surgery for a brain tumor in Chicago. A cousin of soul singer Al Green, he wrote and first recorded "Mystery Train," taken to wider acclaim by Elvis Presley
    Sep 7, 1972
    Hubert Long dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, months after surgery for a brain tumor. The manager or booking agent for such acts as Webb Pierce, Bill Anderson, George Jones and Faron Young is added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1979
    Nov 4, 1974
    Loretta Lynn enters Nashville's Baptist Hospital with severe, recurring migraines
    Mar 22, 1976
    Hank Williams Jr. undergoes three hours of cosmetic surgery to repair his forehead following an August mountain injury in which he fell 500 feet in Montana. The surgery includes the insertion of a plastic shield beneath his skin
    Feb 9, 1977
    Big-band leader Buddy Johnson dies of a brain tumor in New York City. In 1944, his single "When My Man Comes Home" appeared on an early Billboard country chart. He also wrote the classic "Since I Fell For You," a 1976 country hit for Charlie Rich
    May 20, 1977
    Colleen Rodgers, the ex-wife of "Honeycomb" singer Jimmie Rodgers, dies during brain surgery in Los Angeles
    Feb 5, 1978
    Singer/songwriter Armand "Eddie" Noack dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston. He fashioned a lengthy recording history but is best known as the writer of Hank Snow's 1955 hit "These Hands"
    Nov 22, 1978
    Lester Flatt checks in at Nashville's Baptist Hospital after suffering headaches for more than a week. Doctors determine he's had a brain hemorrhage
    Dec 16, 1978
    Lester Flatt is released from Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he's been treated for over three weeks for a brain hemorrhage
    Mar 30, 1982
    George Jones totals a 1981 Lincoln Town Car when he flips it on Grubb Springs Road in Hamilton, Mississippi. He receives facial cuts and charges for drunk driving, and enters a Birmingham psychiatric hospital



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