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Sep 17, 2005
Western-swing guitarist Benny Garcia Jr. dies in Oklahoma. He played on Tex Williams' 1948 hit "Suspicion"
Oct 4, 2005
Former Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins dies in Oviedo, Florida. In addition to his work on such hits as "Day After Day" and "Come And Get It," he played on the Bonnie Tyler country hit "It's A Heartache"
Oct 12, 2005
Songwriter Baker Knight dies at his home in Birmingham, Alabama. His credits include Elvis Presley's "The Wonder Of You," Dave & Sugar's "I'm Gonna Love You" and Mickey Gilley's "Don't The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time"
Oct 24, 2005
Rosa Parks dies in her Detroit, Michigan, apartment. Fifty years prior, her refusal to give her seat on a bus to a white man made her the mother of the civil rights movement. In 2009, she's referenced in Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future" and Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice"
Nov 11, 2005
Warner Bros. employee Eric Mansfield is shot in his car outside of his home in East Nashville. Police suspect the killing was part of a robbery
Nov 11, 2005
Songwriter Sam Garrett, who wrote under the pseudonym Hank Mills, dies at home in Hagerstown, Maryland. His credits included Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard," Jim Ed Brown's "Angel's Sunday" and Robert Mitchum's "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me"
Nov 18, 2005
Greg Perkins dies of cancer at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee, three days after the passing of his mother, Valda Perkins. He co-wrote the Dolly Parton hit "Silver And Gold" with father Carl Perkins and brother Stan Perkins
Dec 1, 2005
Fiddler Donald "Dusty" Rhodes dies of lung cancer in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A brother of Porter Wagoner band member Speck Rhodes, he was a supporting musician on Merle Travis' "Re-Enlistment Blues," recorded for the movie "From Here To Eternity"
Dec 9, 2005
Drummer Mike Botts dies of cancer at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. A former member of the pop band Bread, he also appeared on Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" and Linda Ronstadt's "Crazy"
Dec 28, 2005
The body of pop singer Barry Cowsill is retrieved from the Chartres Street Wharf in New Orleans, four months after he disappeared. A victim of Hurricane Katrina, he was a member of The Cowsills, whose "Indian Lake" was remade by Freddy Weller
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