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Oct 15, 1999
Songwriter Terry Gilkyson dies in Austin, Texas. He wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1950 hit "The Cry Of The Wild Goose"
Oct 17, 1999
Songwriter Tommy Durden, who co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel," dies of cancer at his home in Houghton Lake, Michigan
Oct 25, 1999
Steel guitar player Earl "Joaquin" Murphey dies of cancer in Los Angeles. The West Coast swing musician contributed to hits by Merle Travis, Spade Cooley, Tex Williams and The Sons Of The Pioneers
Oct 26, 1999
Hoyt Axton dies in Victor, Montana, following several heart attacks. The son of "Heartbreak Hotel" writer Mae Boren Axton, the singer/songwriter earned two country hits in 1974 and wrote pop hits for Three Dog Night, Ringo Starr and Steppenwolf
Nov 8, 1999
Gwen Gordy dies of cancer at her San Diego home. She was a co-writer on the Jackie Wilson R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which found new life in country music when Narvel Felts remade it in 1976
Nov 9, 1999
Record executive Herb Abramson dies in Henderson, Nevada. He co-founded Atlantic Records, whose country roster at the time boasts Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery and Confederate Railroad
Nov 17, 1999
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester dies with Alzheimer's disease in Nashville. Married to fiddler "Howdy" Forrester, she played accordion with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for three years in the 1940s, appearing on record on "Kentucky Waltz"
Nov 18, 1999
Doug Sahm dies at the Kachina Lodge in Taos, New Mexico. The Texan roots music performer was part of the 1960s pop hit "She's About A Mover" and joined Freddy Fender, Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez in the Tex-Mex group The Texas Tornados
Dec 10, 1999
Bass player Rick Danko dies of a heart attack at his home near Woodstock. He was a co-founder of The Band, whose "Up On Cripple Creek" is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Dec 17, 1999
Silver-screen cowboy Rex Allen dies in Tucson, Arizona, when a caregiver accidentally hits him in his driveway with a car. Allen notched three Top 10 singles from 1951-1962 and appeared in numerous western movies
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