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Feb 21, 1980
Pop vocalist Janet Vogel commits suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning in Pittsburgh. She co-wrote The Skyliners' signature song, "Since I Don't Have You," destined for a country revision by Ronnie Milsap in 1991
Feb 29, 1980
Grand Ole Opry announcer Dave Overton dies
Mar 12, 1980
Ralph Sloan dies at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee. In 1952, he brought a group of clog dancers, The Tennessee Travelers, to the Grand Ole Opry. After his death, his brother takes over the group, renaming it The Melvin Sloan Dancers
Mar 17, 1980
Fiddler Hugh Farr, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, dies in a nursing home in Casper, Wyoming. The group, noted for its western vocal sound, lands in the Country Music Hall of Fame seven months later
Mar 31, 1980
Track star Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics, dies of lung cancer in Tucson, Arizona. Ten years prior, he was referenced in Bill Anderson's country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
Apr 4, 1980
Red Sovine dies after suffering a heart attack while driving a van in Nashville. A member of the Grand Ole Opry beginning in 1954, he gained his biggest recognition for the recitation records "Teddy Bear," "Giddyup Go" and "Phantom 309"
Apr 11, 1980
Cousin Emmy dies in Sherman Oaks, California. Born Cynthia May Carver in Lamb, Kentucky, she taught Grandpa Jones to play the banjo, and became a significant singer and bawdy comedian in concert and on radio from the 1920s to the 1950s. Additionally, she penned Buck Owens' "Ruby (Are You Mad)"
Apr 27, 1980
Paul "Hezzie" Trietsch dies in Westlake Village, California. Playing drums and washboard, among other instruments, he was a member of The Hoosier Hot Shots, who earned a trio of mid-1940s hits and appeared in numerous westerns
Apr 28, 1980
Bass player Tommy Caldwell dies in a car crash in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a member of the Southern rock group The Marshall Tucker Band, playing on "Can't You See," covered for the country charts by Waylon Jennings in 1976
May 30, 1980
Carl Radle, the former bass player for Derek & The Dominos, dies of a kidney ailment at his home in Tulsa. Radle had appeared two years earlier on Eric Clapton's minor country hit "Lay Down Sally"
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