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Nov 17, 2003

Singer/songwriter Don Gibson dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. Best known for writing such classics as "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Sweet Dreams" and "Oh Lonesome Me," he joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001

Nov 21, 2003

Steel guitarist Bob White dies. A former member of Hank Thompson's Brazos Valley Boys, he contributed to such hits as "No Help Wanted," "The Blackboard Of My Heart" and "Squaws Along The Yukon"

Nov 22, 2003

Songwriter Vince Matthews dies at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. He authored Gene Watson's first hit, "Love In The Hot Afternoon"

Nov 22, 2003

Record executive Jack Emerson dies at his home in Nashville. He partnered with Steve Earle to form E-Squared Records

Nov 22, 2003

Singer and western actor Dick Thomas dies in Abington, Pennsylvania. He strung together four country hits during the late-1940s, including "Sioux City Sue" and "The Beaut From Butte"

Nov 24, 2003

Singer/songwriter Teddy Wilburn dies of congestive heart failure at Nashville's Southern Hills Medical Center. As a member of The Wilburn Brothers, he was part of a hitmaking duo, a syndicated country TV show and a publishing house that represented Loretta Lynn

Dec 16, 2003

Gary Stewart is found dead at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida, from a gunshot to the neck in an apparent suicide weeks after his wife's death. He gained acclaim as a raw honky-tonk singer in the 1970s, paced by "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)"

Dec 20, 2003

Songwriter/producer/bass player Charles Grean dies in New York. Best known for his work with Nat "King" Cole and Artie Shaw, he also was involved with such country artists as Eddy Arnold, Kitty Wells, Hank Snow and Jeanne Black

Dec 22, 2003

Dave Dudley dies of a heart attack at his home in Danbury, Wisconsin. A former disc jockey, he earned a reputation for his trucker hits, particularly the 1960s classics "Six Days On The Road" and "Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun"

Jan 4, 2004

Gospel music's Jake Hess dies at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama. He sang at the funerals of both Hank Williams and Elvis Presley and was a member of The Statesmen Quartet when they recorded "This Ole House"

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