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Sep 11, 2003

John Ritter, the son of Country Music Hall of Famer Tex Ritter, dies at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank from a torn aorta. The actor was rushed to the hospital from the set of his sitcom "8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter"

Sep 12, 2003

Johnny Cash dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital of complications from diabetes, four months after the death of his wife, June Carter. The Man In Black was a member of both the Country Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame

Sep 17, 2003

Singer/songwriter/actor Sheb Wooley dies at Nashville's Skyline Medical Center of leukemia. Known for "The Purple People Eater" and a series of parodies under the name Ben Colder, he wrote the "Hee Haw" theme song

Sep 23, 2003

Music publisher Roy Horton dies in Broad Top City, Pennsylvania. He entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982 after working for Peer Music. He also was a member of The Pinetoppers, who earned one country hit: 1950's "Mockin' Bird Hill"

Sep 24, 2003

Rosalie Allen, the Queen of the Yodelers, dies in Van Nuys, California, of congestive heart failure. After establishing herself as a radio talent in New York City, she became one of country's first female stars, scoring four hits from 1946-1950

Sep 27, 2003

Guitarist Paul Burlison dies at his home near Memphis. He was a member of Johnny & Dorsey Burnette's Rock & Roll Trio, playing on the hit "The Train Kept A-Rollin'"

Sep 29, 2003

Wesley Tuttle dies in a nursing home in Sylmar, California. With a handful of hits to his credit in the 1940s, he also appeared in several western movies, played on a number of Tex Ritter hits and added yodeling to "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs"

Oct 17, 2003

Film producer Bernard Schwartz dies in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke. He was responsible for both the Loretta Lynn story "Coal Miner's Daughter" and the Patsy Cline biopic "Sweet Dreams"

Nov 5, 2003

The Righteous Brothers' Bobby Hatfield dies in a Kalamazoo, Michigan, hotel, of a cocaine overdose. Hatfield's rendition of "Unchained Melody" was recut as a country hit by LeAnn Rimes. The Oak Ridge Boys covered the Righteous hit "Dream On"

Nov 15, 2003

Steel guitarist Speedy West dies in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. A longtime musical partner of instrumentalist Jimmy Bryant, he played on hits by Tennessee Ernie Ford, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Bond and Ernest Tubb, among others

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