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    • Dec 27, 2016
    Songwriter Billy Joe Burnette dies of a heart attack outside his home in Port Orange, Florida. He was a co-writer of Red Sovine's 1976 hit "Teddy Bear"
    Dec 28, 2016
    Actress Debbie Reynolds dies in Los Angeles following a stroke, one day after the passing of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Reynolds was referenced in the second verse of Loretta Lynn's 1972 hit "One's On The Way"
    Jan 3, 2017
    TV producer Sam Lovullo dies at his home in Encino, California. He was a key executive in the comedic country show "Hee Haw"
    Jan 4, 2017
    Drummer Hayward Bishop dies at the Veterans Hospital in Nashville. Among his credits were Alabama's album "The Closer You Get," plus Ronnie Milsap's "(I'm A) Stand By My Woman Man," The Oak Ridge Boys' "I'll Be True To You" and Barbara Mandrell's "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right"
    Jan 11, 2017
    Guitarist Tommy Allsup dies in Springfield, Missouri. Formerly with Buddy Holly's Crickets, Bob Wills' Texas Playboys and Asleep At The Wheel, he also played on Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn," George Jones' "The Grand Tour," Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job And Shove It" and Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler," among others
    Jan 24, 2017
    Claude "Butch" Trucks dies from a self-inflicted gun shot at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, referenced in Conway Twitty's 1978 country single "Boogie Grass Band"
    Jan 25, 2017
    Mary Tyler Moore dies at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. Best known for acting in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," she also founded the 1980s label MTM Records, netting country hits for Holly Dunn, Judy Rodman and Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet
    Feb 1, 2017
    Bill Alphin dies. He was the father of Big & Rich's Big Kenny
    Feb 24, 2017
    Sax player Don Markham dies in Oildale, California. A longtime member of Merle Haggard's Strangers, he played on "It's All In The Movies," "Ramblin' Fever" and "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink," among others
    Mar 6, 2017
    Backing vocalist Hurshel Wiginton dies in Carthage, Tennessee. A member of the quartet The Nashville Edition, he was a regular on "Hee Haw" and sang on such hits as Elvis Presley's "Way Down," Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn" and Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl"



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