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    • Dec 16, 2004
    Country gospel singer Martha Carson dies in Nashville. The former Grand Ole Opry member is best known for her hit "Satisfied," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 21, 2004
    Songwriter Mack Vickery dies of a heart attack at his Nashville home. Among his credits: George Strait's "The Fireman," John Anderson's "Let Somebody Else Drive" and Johnny Paycheck's "I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)"
    Dec 27, 2004
    Guitarist Hank Garland dies of a staph infection at Orange Park Medical Center in Florida. The author of "Sugarfoot Rag," the jazz and country musician played on more than 100 hits by Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee and Webb Pierce, among others
    Jan 11, 2005
    Guitarist James Griffin dies of lung cancer at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. A founding member of the pop group Bread, he also performed with the early-'90s country band The Remingtons
    Jan 15, 2005
    Leslie Wilburn, an original member of The Wilburn Family, dies at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee. Younger siblings Doyle and Teddy survived the group's dissolution after World War II to become The Wilburn Brothers
    Jan 23, 2005
    Fiddler Art Stamper dies in a Louisville hospital, following a four-year battle with throat cancer. He was considered a bluegrass pioneer, recording with The Stanley Brothers in 1952, but left music several years later for a more stable line of work
    Jan 23, 2005
    TV legend Johnny Carson dies from emphysema in Los Angeles. Best known as the host of "The Tonight Show," he was referenced in Jo Dee Messina's 1996 country hit "You're Not In Kansas Anymore"
    Feb 3, 2005
    Record executive and producer Frank Jones dies at his home in Nashville. In a career with numerous labels, he co-produced such artists as John Anderson, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Dean, Ray Price and Claude King
    Feb 6, 2005
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore dies of congestive heart failure in Mexico, where he sought radical cancer treatment. The manager of Hank Williams Jr., he also wrote "More And More," "Wolverton Mountain" and "Let Somebody Else Drive"
    Feb 6, 2005
    Accordion player Sonny Day dies of bone cancer in Nashville. An original member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, he played in 1936 on Acuff's first recording of the classic "Wabash Cannonball"



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