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    • May 20, 2007
    Leslie "Sissy" Fitzgerald dies at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville after a motorcycle accident. Her boss, Alan Jackson, writes "Sissy's Song" for the funeral
    Jun 7, 2007
    Piano player Charles Cochran dies following an automobile accident in Nashville. He appeared on numerous hits as a studio musician by the likes of Crystal Gayle, Don Williams, Waylon Jennings, Gene Watson and Charley Pride
    Jun 15, 2007
    Keyboard player Richard Bell dies of cancer at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario. He appeared on Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jun 20, 2007
    Donna King Conkling, of The King Sisters, dies in Plano, Texas, of cancer. As a member of The King Sisters, she sang on the 1946 country hit "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Jun 29, 2007
    Guitarist George McCorkle dies of cancer at the University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was a founding member of The Marshall Tucker Band, which earned a country Grammy nomination in 1977 for "Long Hard Ride"
    Jul 2, 2007
    Songwriter Hy Zaret dies at his home in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 99. He was best known for composing the lyrics to "Unchained Melody," a country hit for Elvis Presley in the 1970s and for LeAnn Rimes in the '90s
    Jul 3, 2007
    Sax player Boots Randolph dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at Nashville's Skyline Medical Center. He wrote his pop hit "Yakety Sax," which Chet Atkins revamped as "Yakety Axe," and appeared on hits by Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee and Johnny Cash
    Jul 4, 2007
    Bill Pinkney, the last original member of The Drifters, is found dead at the Hilton Daytona Beach, Florida. He appeared on their R&B hit "Honey Love," which was remade as a country hit by The Carlisles in 1954
    Jul 25, 2007
    Songwriter Lawton Williams dies of a respiratory ailment at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Among his credits: Bobby Helms' "Fraulein," Hank Locklin's "Geisha Girl" and Gene Watson's "Farewell Party"
    Aug 4, 2007
    Songwriter/producer Lee Hazlewood dies of renal cancer in Henderson, Nevada. Best known for his role in Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," he also produced Sanford Clark's 1956 crossover hit "The Fool"



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