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Apr 14, 1960
Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan record together for the first time in 12 years
Apr 21, 1960
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Heart To Heart Talk" at Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles
Dec 31, 1960
Spade Cooley appears in concert, a show that proves to be his final public performance as a free man
Mar 21, 1961
Spade Cooley, married for 15 years, proposes to singer Anita Aros while she recovers from a concussion at Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital. In the summer, during his trial for the murder of his wife, Aros will testify she thought he was joking
Apr 3, 1961
Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime
Apr 6, 1961
Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack, three days after strangling and beating his wife to death. As a result, he's transferred from Bakersfield's Kern County Jail to Kern County General Hospital
Jul 10, 1961
Spade Cooley's murder trial, in which he's accused of killing his wife, begins in Kern County, California. He's sentenced to prison the following month
Jul 27, 1961
Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack in his holding cell at the Kern County Jail in Bakersfield, California, after his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, testified against him in a trial for the murder of his wife. He is transferred to Kern County General
Aug 4, 1961
Spade Cooley, who has already suffered two heart attacks since April, is taken to Bakersfield's Kern County General Hospital, suffering from chest pains. It causes a delay in his trial for the murder of wife Ella Mae Cooley
Aug 22, 1961
Spade Cooley is sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in April. He's sent to Vacaville Medical Center
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