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    • Nov 14, 2016
    Holly Dunn dies of ovarian cancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A former Grand Ole Opry member, she emerged on MTM Records in 1985, nabbing eight Top 10 country hits through 1990, including "You Really Had Me Going," "Only When I Love" and Grammy nominee "Daddy's Hands"
    Nov 15, 2016
    Record producer Milton Okun dies of kidney failure at his home in Beverly Hills. He directed John Denver's hits, including "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" and "Back Home Again." He also produced The Starland Vocal Band's 1976 pop hit "Afternoon Delight"
    Nov 16, 2016
    Songwriter Mentor Williams dies of lung cancer in Taos, New Mexico. He authored Dobie Gray's "Drift Away," Randy Travis & George Jones' "A Few Ole Country Boys" and Alabama's "When We Make Love"
    Nov 23, 2016
    Former Elvis Presley associate Joe Esposito dies in Calabasas, California. Tour manager for The King, Esposito also played guitar on "He Touched Me," ranked among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 2, 2016
    Singer/songwriter Mark Gray dies in Lebanon, Tennessee. A solo hitmaker in the 1980s, he also landed a duet with Tammy Wynette on "Sometimes When We Touch" and wrote Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and the Alabama singles "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get"
    Dec 12, 2016
    Former New York disc jockey Jim Lowe dies at his home in East Hampton, New York. He earned a pop hit as an artist with "The Green Door" and a Top 10 country single with "Talkin' To The Blues." He also penned the Rusty Draper hit "Gambler's Guitar"
    Dec 18, 2016
    Comedian Gordie Tapp, formerly of "Hee Haw," dies at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Ontario. He was the first person hired for the cast in 1969 and appeared on 90 episodes through 1988
    Dec 19, 2016
    Songwriter Andrew Dorff dies. He authored Blake Shelton's "Neon Light," Ronnie Dunn's "Bleed Red" and Kenny Chesney's "Save It For A Rainy Day"
    Dec 21, 2016
    Robert Hulseman dies in Northfield, Illinois. He was credited as the inventor of a plastic party tumbler, hailed in the Toby Keith country hit "Red Solo Cup"
    Dec 27, 2016
    "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher dies in Los Angeles. For 11 months during the 1980s, she was married to singer/songwriter Paul Simon, whose songs "The Boxer" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" were both country hits, covered by Emmylou Harris and Buck Owens



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