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    • Nov 5, 2000
    Jimmie Davis dies in his sleep at home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Country music's first centenarian, Davis was twice governor of Louisiana, but made his mark in music with "You Are My Sunshine," earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Nov 14, 2000
    Sax player David Wilson dies of cancer. He was a former member of The Cascades, a pop group best known for the 1963 single "Rhythm Of The Rain." Jacky Ward remade that song as a country hit in 1978
    Nov 27, 2000
    Walter Bailes dies in Sevierville, Tennessee, after enduring three heart attacks in the previous year. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry duo The Bailes Brothers in the mid-1940s before shifting into the ministry and gospel music
    Dec 19, 2000
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples dies in Chicago. He headed The Staple Singers, who joined Marty Stuart to sing "The Weight" on the album "Rhythm Country & Blues." They also preceded The Oak Ridge Boys in recording "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
    Dec 26, 2000
    Songwriter Johnny Hathcock dies in Amarillo, Texas. His credits include Jim Reeves' "Welcome To My World" and Hank Thompson's "Wake Up, Irene"
    Dec 31, 2000
    Eddy Shaver, the son and musical partner of Billy Joe Shaver, dies in Waco, Texas, of a heroin overdose. After three years playing with Dwight Yoakam, he began recording with his father in a roots-rock band called Shaver
    Jan 3, 2001
    Singer/guitarist Doye O'Dell dies in Northridge, California. Best known for his 1948 hit "Dear Oakie," he also played on Johnny Bond's "Oklahoma Waltz" and appeared in several western movies
    Jan 7, 2001
    Soul singer James Carr dies of cancer in Memphis, Tennessee. Two years later, his song "The Dark End Of The Street" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 1, 2001
    Songwriter John Jarrard dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville from reactions to an administered drug. Despite a lengthy battle with diabetes, he wrote such hits as Diamond Rio's "Mirror Mirror," George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky" and Tracy Lawrence's "Is That A Tear"
    Feb 2, 2001
    Songwriter Hal Blair dies at his home in Biggs, California. His credits include: Elvis Presley's "I Was The One," Hank Snow's "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)" and Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling "



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