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    • Jun 9, 1915
    Guitarist and studio innovator Les Paul is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. His album with Chet Atkins, "Chester And Lester," wins a country Grammy in 1977, and he earns a country hit, "Mockin' Bird Hill," with wife Mary Ford in 1951
    Apr 20, 1938
    Les Paul marries Virginia Webb in Cook County, Illinois
    Jan 26, 1948
    Les Paul and Mary Ford are injured when their car slides down a 20-foot embankment after skidding on icy Route 66 near Davenport, Oklahoma. She fractures her pelvis, while Paul suffers a broken nose and broken right arm. He also contracts pneumonia as they wait eight hours in the snow before they are discovered
    Dec 29, 1949
    Les Paul & Mary Ford are married in Milwaukee
    Nov 25, 1954
    Les Paul & Mary Ford welcome a daughter, Colleen Evelyn Paul, at a New Jersey hospital. The child dies four days later
    Nov 29, 1954
    Colleen Evelyn Paul dies at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, following an operation for a breathing issue just four days after she was born. She was the child of Les Paul & Mary Ford
    Oct 15, 1955
    ABC-TV premieres "Grand Ole Opry," which runs every fourth Saturday night. Special guests on the first show: Les Paul & Mary Ford
    Mar 29, 1958
    Les Paul backs out of an appearance on CBS-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show" while he recovers from pneumonia
    Aug 2, 1958
    Future country producer Jimmy Bowen guests on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show." The episode also features Buddy Knox and Les Paul & Mary Ford
    Jun 19, 1963
    Les Paul & Mary Ford are separated
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