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    • Oct 15, 1980
    Bobby Lester, who sang lead on The Moonglows' 1955 R&B hit "Sincerely," dies of cancer in Louisville, Kentucky. The song is remade for the country charts in 1988 by The Forester Sisters
    Nov 7, 1980
    Actor Steve McQueen dies of cancer at Juarez Hospital in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He will be celebrated in Aaron Watson's 2017 country hit "Outta Style"
    Nov 16, 1980
    Frank Luther dies in New York City. An early country recording artist, he earned a handful of hits in the 1920s and '30s, some recorded with Carson Robison
    Dec 8, 1980
    John Lennon dies of a gun shot from a disturbed fan outside his New York home, the Dakota. Songs Lennon co-wrote as a member of The Beatles will become 1980s country hits for Sweethearts Of The Rodeo and Rosanne Cash
    Dec 20, 1980
    Jack Stapp dies in Nashville. A longtime program director for WSM Radio, where he worked with the Grand Ole Opry, he also co-wrote "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and co-founded Tree Music Publishing, one of Music City's first publishers. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
    Dec 29, 1980
    Singer/songwriter Tim Hardin dies of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles. He wrote the Johnny Cash & June Carter duet "If I Was A Carpenter"
    Jan 2, 1981
    Tenor David Lynch dies of cancer in Carson, California. The singer was a member of The Platters when they scored a 1955 pop hit with "Only You (And You Alone)." The song will became a country hit in 1982 in the hands of Reba McEntire
    Jan 3, 1981
    Elvis Presley's former producer, Felton Jarvis, dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital two weeks after suffering a stroke. Jarvis had just completed the album "Guitar Man," featuring re-mixed versions of old Presley non-hits
    Jan 31, 1981
    Scotty Wiseman dies of a heart attack in Gainesville, Florida. A longtime member of the comedic husband-and-wife musical team Lulu Belle & Scotty, he wrote "Mountain Dew," Willie Nelson's "Remember Me" and Minnie Pearl's all-time favorite song, "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
    Mar 4, 1981
    Songwriters Hall of Fame member E.Y. "Yip" Harburg dies in an auto accident in Los Angeles. Blacklisted during the McCarthy era, he co-wrote the "Wizard Of Oz" classic "Over The Rainbow," which became a country hit for Jerry Lee Lewis just months before the accident



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