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    • Feb 17, 2013
    Mindy McCready dies of a self-inflicted gun shot on the porch of her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas. She endured a series of traumatic events in public after earning a trio of Top 10 hits in the 1990s
    Feb 21, 2013
    Cleotha Staples, of The Staple Singers, dies with Alzheimer's disease at her home in Chicago. The Staples recorded the original R&B version of "Touch A Hand, Make A Hand," remade as a country hit by The Oak Ridge Boys
    Feb 22, 2013
    Songwriter Diane Lampert dies of heart failure in New York City. She penned Juice Newton's "Break It To Me Gently," Carl Smith's "Your Name Is Beautiful" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)"
    Feb 27, 2013
    Carl Goff Jr., dies in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, following an automobile accident. He played bass for Toby Keith and co-wrote the hits "Upstairs Downtown" and "You Ain't Much Fun"
    Mar 3, 2013
    R&B vocalist Bobby Rogers dies at his home near Detroit, Michigan. As a member of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, he sang on the original version of "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," which was remade as a 1984 country hit by Mickey Gilley
    Mar 3, 2013
    Woodwind player and Belmont University professor Timmy Tappan dies of a heart attack in Nashville. He was a musical director for Bobby Goldsboro and wrote Lee Greenwood's 1984 country hit "Fool's Gold"
    Mar 4, 2013
    Big-band singer Fran Warren dies at her home in Brookfield, Connecticut. She was the lead vocalist when Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra recorded the first version of "Sunday Kind Of Love," which became a country hit when Reba McEntire released a new version in 1988
    Mar 7, 2013
    Claude King dies of a heart attack in Shreveport, Louisiana. He earned a half-dozen country hits during the 1960s, topped by the #1 single "Wolverton Mountain"
    Mar 14, 2013
    Jack Greene dies at his Nashville home of complications from Alzheimer's disease. A 45-year member of the Grand Ole Opry, he is best known for the hits "There Goes My Everything" and "Statue Of A Fool"
    Mar 27, 2013
    Background vocalist Gordon Stoker dies at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee. A member of Country Music Hall of Fame act The Jordanaires, he sang on hits by such acts as George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers and Elvis Presley



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