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    • Apr 6, 2002
    Bass player Nathan "Ted" Adams dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1944 and '45, appearing on "Roly-Poly," "Stay A Little Longer" and "Texas Playboy Rag"
    Apr 27, 2002
    Bass player Hillous Butrum dies in Nashville. A member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys in 1949-1950, he also performed with Hank Snow and Marty Robbins
    May 6, 2002
    Songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville following a heart attack. He fashioned Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up," plus Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire," entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986
    May 17, 2002
    Sharon Sheeley, who wrote the Ricky Nelson hit "Poor Little Fool," dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Sherman Oaks, California
    Jun 4, 2002
    Three days after suffering a major head injury, songwriter and percussionist Randy Hardison dies from his wounds at Nashville's Skyline Medical Center
    Jun 23, 2002
    The Jordanaires' Duane West dies in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He sang with the vocal quartet from 1982-1999 following a run with the Lea Jane Singers. Among the acts he backed on record: Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Mickey Gilley and Waylon Jennings
    Jul 19, 2002
    Musicologist Alan Lomax dies at the Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, Florida. He aided his father in recording American roots music, and had a hand in the careers of Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger and Lead Belly, among others
    Aug 2, 2002
    Producer/songwriter Joe Allison dies in Nashville, following a lengthy illness. A former head of Liberty's country division, he wrote "He'll Have To Go" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young," entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1978
    Aug 17, 2002
    Singer/songwriter Don Winters dies of cancer in Nashville. He had a 1961 hit with "Too Many Times" and wrote the Louvin Brothers' "You're Running Wild"
    Aug 18, 2002
    Songwriter Jonnie Barnett dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital following a stroke. He wrote the Clay Walker hit "The Chain Of Love" and had bit parts in the motion pictures "Nashville" and "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie"



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