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    • Jul 18, 2017
    Songwriter/actor Red West dies at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis of an aortic aneurysm. Formerly a member of Elvis Presley's "Memphis Mafia," he wrote The King's hits "Separate Ways" and "If You Talk In Your Sleep"
    Jul 21, 2017
    "I've Been Everywhere" songwriter Geoff Mack dies in Australia
    Jul 25, 2017
    Songwriter/producer/guitarist Billy Joe Walker Jr. dies in Kerrville, Texas. He wrote Eddie Rabbitt's "I Wanna Dance With You," produced country hits for Travis Tritt and Bryan White, and played on singles by George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis and Martina McBride
    Jul 25, 2017
    Michael Johnson dies at his home in Minneapolis. Following a pop career topped by "Bluer Than Blue," he shifted into a country run that included two #1 hits, "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder"
    Jul 29, 2017
    Guitarist Steve Chapman dies. He played on country hits by George Strait, Mickey Gilley, Ronnie Milsap and Bill Anderson
    Aug 8, 2017
    Glen Campbell dies in Nashville following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. A deft guitarist and smooth vocalist, he earned numerous crossover hits--including "Wichita Lineman," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Southern Nights" and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"--while earning a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 4, 2017
    Keyboard player Earl "Wire" Lindo dies in London. A longtime member of the reggae band The Wailers, he took part in the 2008 Kenny Chesney single "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven"
    Sep 8, 2017
    Singer/songwriter Don Williams dies in Mobile, Alabama. A 2010 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the "Gentle Giant" left a string of 44 Top 10 singles, including landmark hits "Tulsa Time," "I Believe In You" and "Good Ole Boys Like Me"
    Sep 8, 2017
    Troy Gentry, of Montgomery Gentry, dies following a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey. He was half of a Grand Ole Opry-member act that successfully knit country and Southern rock together, winning the Country Music Association's Vocal Duo trophy in 2000. Their hits included "My Town," "Lucky Man" and "Roll With Me"
    Sep 12, 2017
    Former South Carolina Gamecocks football player Alex Hawkins dies in Columbia. He was credited as a co-writer of the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"



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