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    • Aug 26, 2012
    Songwriter Gene Thomas dies of lung cancer in Fredericksburg, Texas. He wrote the Dottie West & Don Gibson 1969 hit "Rings Of Gold"
    Sep 1, 2012
    Songwriter Hal David dies of a stroke at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A frequent Burt Bacharach co-writer, he penned several country hits, including Ronnie Milsap's "It Was Almost Like A Song," Don Gibson's "Sea Of Heartbreak" and Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson's "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"
    Sep 5, 2012
    Singer/songwriter Joe South dies in Atlanta, Georgia. Best known for his pop hits "Games People Play" and "Walk A Mile In My Shoes," he also wrote Lynn Anderson's million-selling country hit "Rose Garden"
    Sep 7, 2012
    Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan dies in a Nashville hospice. He was one-half of the Grand Ole Opry comedy act Lonzo & Oscar, which earned a novelty hit in 1947 with "I'm My Own Grandpa." Sullivan also played mandolin on 15 Eddy Arnold hits
    Sep 7, 2012
    Dorothy McGuire, of the pop vocal group The McGuire Sisters, dies in Phoenix. The trio developed a number of harmony-heavy hits in the 1950s, including "Sincerely," which The Forester Sisters remade as a country hit in 1988
    Sep 11, 2012
    "Streets Of Bakersfield" songwriter Homer Joy dies in Las Vegas of complications from a heart transplant
    Sep 25, 2012
    Pop balladeer and TV personality Andy Williams dies at his home in Branson, Missouri, after a battle with bladder cancer. His 1959 recording of "Lonely Street" was remade as a country hit by Rex Allen Jr. in 1977
    Sep 27, 2012
    R&B singer R.B. Greaves dies of prostate cancer at his Los Angeles home. He wrote the 1969 pop hit "Take A Letter Maria," which became a country hit in 1970 after it was remade by Anthony Armstrong Jones
    Oct 2, 2012
    Movie producer Douglas Laurence dies of complications from surgery in California. He produced a trio of Elvis Presley movies: "Stay Away, Joe," "Speedway" and "Live A Little, Love A Little"
    Oct 4, 2012
    Session percussionist Farrell Morris dies in Nashville of lung cancer. He played on such hits as Alabama's "Song Of The South," Elvis Presley's "Moody Blue," Donna Fargo's "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." and Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville"



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