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Aug 9, 2004

Songwriter Sam Hogin dies in Nashville, following a battle with diabetes. Among his credits: Don Williams' "I Believe In You," Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing" and Lonestar's "No News"

Aug 9, 2004

Guitarist Tony Mottola dies at Saint Clare's Hospital in Denville, New Jersey. A member of "The Tonight Show" Orchestra from 1958-1972 and Frank Sinatra's touring band in the '80s, he played on Marty Robbins' "Just Married" and "Stairway Of Love"

Aug 16, 2004

Songwriter Melvin Endsley dies in Drasco, Arkansas, of heart complications. Confined to a wheelchair after contracting polio at age three, he wrote a pair of Marty Robbins hits: "Singing The Blues" and "Knee Deep In The Blues"

Aug 18, 2004

Charlie Waller, a founding member of The Country Gentlemen, dies at his Virginia home. The group, which included Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley among its alumni, helped to widen bluegrass music's popularity

Aug 18, 2004

Film composer Elmer Bernstein dies in his sleep at his home in Ojai, California. Among his writing credits were a pair of country hits: Johnny Cash's "The Sons Of Katie Elder" and Glen Campbell's "True Grit"

Sep 2, 2004

Songwriter Billy Davis dies in New Rochelle, New York. Also using the alias Tyran Carlo, he penned Jackie Wilson's R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which became a country hit for Narvel Felts, as well as Dottie West's "Country Sunshine"

Sep 7, 2004

Songwriter L.E. White dies at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He wrote numerous solo and duet hits for Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, including "After The Fire Is Gone," "To See My Angel Cry" and "We've Come A Long Way, Baby"

Sep 11, 2004

Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb dies of a heart attack in New York. The author of "New York, New York" and the musical "Chicago," he also wrote Eddy Arnold's 1955 country hit "That Do Make It Nice"

Sep 12, 2004

Drummer Kenny Buttrey dies of cancer at his Nashville home. He played on Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville," as well as recordings by Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Neil Young and Hank Locklin, among others

Sep 19, 2004

Skeeter Davis dies of cancer at Nashville's Alive Hospice. A longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry, she racked up more than 15 hit records but is best remembered for her 1962 recording "The End Of The World"

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