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    • Mar 28, 2003
    Rusty Draper dies of pneumonia in a Bellevue, Washington, hospital. Best known for his 1953 hit "Gambler's Guitar," he also hosted his own radio shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s
    Apr 3, 2003
    R&B songwriter Homer Banks dies of cancer in Memphis. Two of his songs became country hits: "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" for Barbara Mandrell, and "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" for The Oak Ridge Boys
    Apr 10, 2003
    Noel Fox dies at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center, one week after suffering a stroke and heart attack. Fox spent five years as a bass vocalist for The Oak Ridge Boys prior to Richard Sterban's arrival
    Apr 13, 2003
    Guitarist Zeke Turner dies in Daytona Beach, Florida. A former member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, he played on "Lovesick Blues" and "I Saw The Light," plus hits by Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Wakely and Red Foley
    Apr 22, 2003
    Songwriter Felice Bryant dies of cancer in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Her credits include The Osborne Brothers' "Rocky Top," Roy Clark's "Come Live With Me," The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love" and Ricky Van Shelton's "Hole In My Pocket"
    Apr 27, 2003
    Media executive Ed Gaylord dies of pancreatic cancer at his home in Oklahoma City. He established Gaylord Entertainment, which owned TNN, CMT and the Grand Ole Opry for much of the 1990s
    May 15, 2003
    June Carter Cash dies in Nashville's Baptist Hospital from complications following heart surgery. Best known for her duets with husband Johnny Cash, she was the daughter of Maybelle Carter and mother of Carlene Carter
    Jun 7, 2003
    Drummer Tommy Perkins, of the Texas Playboys, dies in Lawton, Oklahoma, from head injuries suffered in a car accident on his way home from a concert in Wichita Falls, Texas. Perkins appeared on the Bob Wills classic "Faded Love"
    Jun 20, 2003
    Songwriter Bob Millsap dies at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville two months after surgery for a brain tumor. He wrote the Tommy Overstreet hit "Heaven Is My Woman's Love" and George Jones' "She's My Rock"
    Jul 4, 2003
    R&B love maestro Barry White dies of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He's namechecked in the 2011 Brad Paisley hit "Old Alabama"



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