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    • Jun 25, 2009
    Farrah Fawcett dies of anal cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. The "Charlie's Angels" star was referenced in The Bellamy Brothers' 1981 hit "You're My Favorite Star"
    Jul 11, 2009
    Author Paul Hemphill dies of throat cancer in a Georgia hospice. He wrote the 1970 book "The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights And Country Music" and the 2005 biography "Lovesick Blues: The Life Of Hank Williams"
    Jul 28, 2009
    Cellist Byron Bach dies in Nashville. He played in the string section on numerous hits, including Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses," Kenny Rogers' "She Believes In Me" and Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    Jul 28, 2009
    Reverend Ike dies in Los Angeles. The controversial minister, who preached a gospel of personal wealth, was a guest vocalist on Hank Williams Jr.'s 1986 country remake of "Mind Your Own Business"
    Aug 2, 2009
    Rockabilly artist Billy Lee Riley dies of colon cancer at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In addition to his own recordings, including "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll," he played on hits by Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Aug 6, 2009
    Songwriter/guitarist/producer Otha Young dies of cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Juice Newton's musical partner wrote "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)," The Forester Sisters' "Don't You" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
    Aug 7, 2009
    Mandolin player Mike Seeger dies at his home in Lexington, Virginia. He was a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers, whose version of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" will be featured in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Aug 13, 2009
    Guitarist and recording pioneer Les Paul dies of pneumonia in New York's West Plains Hospital. With then-wife Mary Ford he had a 1951 country hit with "Mockin' Bird Hill." He also won a country Grammy for a recording with Chet Atkins
    Aug 13, 2009
    Sherwood Cryer, the former owner of Gilley's nightclub, dies in Texas. He managed Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee until both filed multi-million dollar suits against him in the mid-'80s for fraud and/or mismanagement
    Aug 14, 2009
    Gates Nichols, retired steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, dies of cancer at the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia. The band created a series of 1990s singles heavily influenced by Southern rock



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