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Feb 8, 2005

Doobie Brother drummer Keith Knudsen, formerly of Southern Pacific, dies of pneumonia at the Kentfield Rehabilitation Center in Kentfield, California. Southern Pacific had a run of country hits in the late-1980s

Feb 10, 2005

Lyricist Jack Segal dies at his home in Los Angeles' Tarzana neighborhood. A political science major at the University of Wisconsin, Segal co-wrote The Browns' 1959 hit "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)"

Feb 12, 2005

Sammi Smith dies in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The former wife of Willie Nelson guitarist Jody Payne, she earned a Grammy award for her recording of "Help Me Make It Through The Night"

Feb 20, 2005

Actress Sandra Dee dies at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, from pneumonia. Her good-girl image, typified by her role in "Gidget," was referenced in Waylon Jennings' 1980 hit "I Ain't Living Long Like This"

Feb 20, 2005

Songwriter Larry Kingston dies in a Nashville hospital, three days after a heart attack. His credits include The Kendalls' "Pittsburgh Stealers," Jerry Lee Lewis' "He Can't Fill My Shoes" and Roy Clark's "Thank God And Greyhound"

Feb 24, 2005

Goldie Hill dies of cancer at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. The wife of Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith, she earned a 1953 hit with "I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes," written by her brother, Tommy Hill

Feb 25, 2005

Edward Patten, the high voice in Gladys Knight's group, The Pips, dies in a suburban Detroit hospital following a stroke. The group's 1973 single "Midnight Train To Georgia" is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Mar 9, 2005

Chris LeDoux dies of bile duct cancer at Wyoming's Casper Medical Center, after battling several liver diseases. A professional rodeo star, he recorded more than 30 albums and had a hit with Garth Brooks on "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy"

Mar 17, 2005

Saul Holiff dies at his home in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He managed Johnny Cash during the peak years of the Man in Black's career, from the early-1960s to 1973

Mar 25, 2005

Paul Henning, the creator of "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction," dies at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, California. He wrote the theme song to "Hillbillies," which became a country hit for Flatt & Scruggs

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