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    • Oct 1, 2008
    Nick Reynolds dies in San Diego. He was a founding member of the folk group The Kingston Trio, whose 1958 single "Tom Dooley" received the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance
    Oct 14, 2008
    Trombone player Rex Peer dies in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. After working with Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong, he played on recordings by Johnny Cash, Crystal Gayle and Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
    Oct 19, 2008
    Steel guitarist Howard White dies at his home in Gallatin, Tennessee. He played on several Hank Snow hits and worked with Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jean Shepard and Cowboy Copas, among others
    Oct 23, 2008
    Songwriter Danny Dill dies in Nashville. A 1975 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he penned such hits as Bobby Bare's "Detroit City," Patsy Cline's "So Wrong" and Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil"
    Nov 1, 2008
    Singer and radio personality Jack Reno dies of brain cancer in Florence, Kentucky. He netted a 1968 hit with "Repeat After Me" and went Top 15 with a cover of Vanity Fare's "Hitchin' A Ride"
    Nov 22, 2008
    Pop songwriter Alan Gordon dies of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, 30 years after T.G. Sheppard had a country hit with his song "Happy Together." Gordon also wrote Three Dog Night's "Celebrate" and Barbra Streisand's "My Heart Belongs To Me"
    Dec 23, 2008
    Songwriter Clint Ballard dies at home in Denton, Texas. Best known for writing Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders' "Game Of Love," he also penned Faron Young's country hit "Nightmare"
    Dec 27, 2008
    Delaney Bramlett dies of complications from gall bladder surgery at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the Dickey Lee country hit "Never Ending Song Of Love"
    Jan 1, 2009
    Producer and steel guitarist Walter Haynes dies in Tyler, Texas. He oversaw the sessions that yielded Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets" and Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin"; wrote Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard"; and played on hits by Connie Smith, Billy Walker and Patsy Cline
    Jan 9, 2009
    Jon Hager, of The Hager Twins, dies at his home in Nashville's Hillsboro Village neighborhood. The Hagers, Jon and Jim, blended music and humor as cast members in the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw"



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