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Dec 31, 2002
Guitarist Jim McReynolds, of the bluegrass duo Jim & Jesse, dies at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, of cancer. Jim & Jesse joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1964, and earned a Congressional Medal of the Arts in the 1990s
Jan 12, 2003
Maurice Gibb, of The Bee Gees, dies in a Miami Beach hospital, just days after emergency abdominal surgery. He co-wrote three different Kenny Rogers hits, including the blockbuster "Islands In The Stream"
Jan 17, 2003
Frank "Hylo" Brown dies of cancer in Urbana, Ohio. One of bluegrass music's unsung pioneers, he performed regularly with Flatt & Scruggs
Jan 17, 2003
Horn player Charlie Webber, formerly of The Swingin' Medallions, dies of cancer in Greenwood, South Carolina. The band had a 1966 pop hit with "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)," covered for the country charts in 1983 by Joe Stampley
Jan 25, 2003
Gabe Tucker dies in Houston. He played bass and trumpet on Eddy Arnold's first recording session, which yielded a country hit, "Each Minute Seems A Million Years"
Jan 28, 2003
Lewis Pruitt dies. Recording for the Peach and Decca labels, he earned a trio of country hits from 1959-1961: "Timbrook," "Softly And Tenderly (I'll Hold You In My Arms)" and "Crazy Bullfrog"
Feb 19, 2003
Johnny Paycheck dies in his sleep at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The "Take This Job And Shove It" singer, associated with the "outlaw" movement, scored hits from 1966-1986, while building a checkered personal reputation
Feb 21, 2003
Folk singer/songwriter Tom Glazer dies in Rochester, New York. The author of "Talking Inflation Blues" and "On Top Of Spaghetti," he also wrote Jean Shepard's 1955 country hit "Take Possession"
Feb 23, 2003
Bass player and producer Howie Epstein dies of a suspected heroin overdose in Santa Fe's St. Vincent Hospital. A 20-year member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, he produced three country hits for longtime girlfriend Carlene Carter
Mar 17, 2003
Bill Carlisle dies at home in Nashville of complications from a stroke. A Grand Ole Opry member for nearly 40 years, he was acclaimed for his blend of energetic music and slapstick comedy, which earned him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
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