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Jun 29, 1999

Fiddler Randy Howard dies of cancer at his home in Nashville. He worked with the likes of George Jones, Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks and Tammy Wynette

Jul 28, 1999

Accordion player Larry "Pedro" DePaul dies in Washington. He contributed to hits by Spade Cooley, Merle Travis and Tex Williams

Jul 29, 1999

Anita Carter dies at home in Nashville. She joined mother Maybelle, plus sisters June and Helen Carter in The Carter Sisters, and scored a trio of hits between 1951 and 1968, two of them in duets with Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings

Aug 3, 1999

Steel guitarist Ivan "Little Roy" Wiggins dies at home in Sevierville, Tennessee. He played with Eddy Arnold for more than 25 years, appearing on "Bouquet Of Roses," "Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me" and "Anytime," among others

Aug 5, 1999

TV producer Gene Weed dies of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was a longtime producer of the Academy of Country Music awards and produced the NBC-TV show "Hot Country Nights"

Aug 20, 1999

Bob Gallion dies in Williamstown, Virginia. He racked up a pair of Top 10 hits as a recording artist, both of them written by Helen Carter: 1960's "Loving You (Was Worth This Broken Heart)" and 1962's "Wall To Wall Love"

Aug 30, 1999

Sax player Pat "Taco" Ryan is killed when he's hit by a car after dark on Admiral Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a member of Asleep At The Wheel when the group recorded its Grammy-nominated 1977 album "The Wheel"

Sep 13, 1999

Country music historian Dorothy Horstman dies of lung cancer in New York. She authored the 1975 songwriter book "Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy"

Oct 2, 1999

Songwriter Danny Mayo is found dead of a diabetes-related heart attack on his 49th birthday at a Ramada Inn in Nashville. Mayo wrote Tracy Byrd's "The Keeper Of The Stars," Pirates Of The Mississippi's "Feed Jake" and Alabama's "If I Had You"

Oct 4, 1999

Songwriter A.L. "Doodle" Owens dies in Nashville, 15 days after his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His credits included hits by George Jones, Charley Pride, Doug Stone, Connie Smith and Moe Bandy

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