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    • Aug 14, 2009
    Piano player Joe Eddie Gough dies of cancer. During his tenure with Gene Watson's Farewell Party Band, Gough played on such hits as "Drinkin' My Way Back Home," "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" and "Memories To Burn"
    Aug 20, 2009
    Keyboard player Larry Knechtel dies at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington. A member of the 1970s pop band Bread, he also worked on recordings by Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys and Neil Diamond, and contributed to Dolly Parton's movie theme "9 To 5"
    Aug 26, 2009
    Ellie Greenwich dies of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she co-wrote "Be My Baby," a classic pop song remade as a 1972 country hit by Jody Miller
    Sep 11, 2009
    Grammy awards show producer Pierre Cossette dies of congestive heart failure at Barrie Memorial Hospital in Ormstown, Quebec
    Sep 14, 2009
    Actor Patrick Swayze dies of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. Famous for his roles in "Dirty Dancing," "Ghost" and "Road House," he will be acknowledged in a line of Walker Hayes' 2017 country hit "You Broke Up With Me"
    Sep 14, 2009
    Recording engineer Tom Sparkman dies at his home in Columbia, Tennessee. During his career, he worked on sessions with Johnny Rodriguez, Tom T. Hall, Reba McEntire and The Statler Brothers
    Sep 16, 2009
    Mary Travers dies of leukemia at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut. She was the female member of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary, whose pop hit "For Lovin' You" was remade as a 1967 country hit by Waylon Jennings
    Sep 24, 2009
    Bobby Paris dies of leukemia in Las Vegas. He produced Bobbie Gentry's 1967 crossover hit "Ode To Billie Joe"
    Sep 27, 2009
    Ruby Wright is found dead at her home in Madison, Tennessee. The daughter of Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells, she earned a hit with her 1964 recording "Dern Ya," an answer song to Roger Miller's "Dang Me"
    Oct 7, 2009
    Record executive Shelby Singleton dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. The producer of Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A.," he bought Sun Records and produced Roy Drusky, Faron Young and Leroy Van Dyke



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