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Jan 6, 2006

Songwriter Johnny Lange dies in Los Angeles. He authored such hits as Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Mule Train," Tex Ritter's "Pecos Bill" and Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers' "Blue Shadows On The Trail"

Jan 19, 2006

Soul singer/songwriter Wilson Pickett dies from a heart attack at a hospital in Reston, Virginia. His 1965 classic "In The Midnight Hour" was remade as a minor country hit in 1984 by Razzy Bailey

Jan 22, 2006

Janette Carter, the last remaining offspring of The Carter Family, dies at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. The previous year, she received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts

Feb 2, 2006

Louise Scruggs, the wife and manager of Earl Scruggs, dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital from a respiratory ailment. The first female manager in bluegrass history, her relationship with Earl also produced musicians Randy, Steve and Gary Scruggs

Feb 5, 2006

Fiddler Don Slayman dies at the Imperial Manor nursing home in Madison, Tennessee. He appeared on several 1950s country hits: Hank Snow's "When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon" and Marty Robbins' "Maybelline" and "That's All Right"

Feb 9, 2006

Country music scholar Charles K. Wolfe dies at the Middle Tennessee State Medical Center in Murfreesboro of complications from diabetes. He wrote books on Grandpa Jones, Don Gibson, The Louvin Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon and the Grand Ole Opry

Feb 17, 2006

Pop singer Billy Cowsill, of The Cowsills, dies of multiple ailments in Calgary, Alberta. The inspiration for "The Partridge Family," The Cowsills earned a pop hit in 1968 with "Indian Lake," covered in country music by Freddy Weller in 1971

Mar 3, 2006

Charlie Hodge, a member of Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia, dies of lung cancer at Knoxville's Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Hodge added guitar and backing vocals to Presley's hits "Way Down," "Moody Blue" and "Burning Love"

Mar 6, 2006

Bass player Tom Robb dies of liver cancer in Nashville. A former session player, he appeared on hits by Deborah Allen and Ricky Van Shelton, among others

Mar 23, 2006

Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter Cindy Walker dies of respiratory problems at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia, Texas. She wrote "Distant Drums," "You Don't Know Me," "Cherokee Maiden" and "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"

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