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May 21, 2006
Billy Walker dies, along with his wife and two band members, when his van overturns after veering off Interstate 65 near Fort Deposit, Alabama. Nicknamed the Tall Texan, the Grand Ole Opry member left a trail of more than 15 Top 10 hits
May 26, 2006
Songwriter Cy Coben dies of a heart attack in Redwood City, California. He authored such hits as Eddy Arnold's "I Wanna Play House With You," Jerry Reed's "A Good Woman's Love" and Connie Smith's "Burning A Hole In My Mind"
May 30, 2006
Bobby Harden dies in Nashville. A member of The Harden Trio, he wrote the group's lone hit, 1966's "Tippy Toeing." Among his other songwriting credits: Reba McEntire's "Today All Over Again" and Mark Chesnutt's "Too Cold At Home"
Jun 2, 2006
Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick commits suicide by slitting his throat in the back yard of his home in Sonoma County, California. The Dead was referenced 10 years prior in the Lonestar country hit "No News"
Jun 6, 2006
R&B performer Billy Preston dies at Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Arizona after seven months in a coma. Noted for "Nothing From Nothing" and "Will It Go Round In Circles," he played on the CMA-nominated album "Rhythm Country & Blues"
Jun 21, 2006
Richard Powell, who played synthesizer on Waylon Jennings' 1972 solo version of "Good Hearted Woman," dies in Temple Terrace, Florida
Jun 25, 2006
Record producer Arif Mardin dies of pancreatic cancer in New York. Noted for his work with Aretha Franklin, The Bee Gees and Chaka Khan, he also produced Willie Nelson's "Uncloudy Day"
Jul 1, 2006
Former record executive Irving Green dies at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. He founded Mercury Records, a creative home for such acts as Patti Page, Kathy Mattea, Shania Twain, The Statler Brothers and Billy Ray Cyrus
Jul 9, 2006
Milan Williams, keyboard player for the R&B band The Commodores, dies of cancer at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. The band's 1978 pop hit "Three Times A Lady" became a country hit for Conway Twitty in the 1980s
Jul 26, 2006
Blues pianist Floyd Dixon dies of cancer at Chapman Hospital in Orange, California. He wrote "Hey Bartender," a song that became a country hit for Johnny Lee in 1983
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