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    • Mar 4, 1986
    Pop songwriter Howard Greenfield dies of a brain tumor in Los Angeles. Several of his songs became country hits, including "Crying In The Rain," for Tammy Wynette; and "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own," for Debby Boone
    Mar 9, 1986
    Jim Hall dies. A member of The Anita Kerr Singers, Hall arranged Nashville's first million-seller, "Near You"
    Apr 13, 1986
    Johnny Dollar dies from cancer in Nashville. A former disc jockey and latter-day member of the Light Crust Doughboys, he earned one minor hit as a recording artist, the 1966 release "Stop The Start (Of Tears In My Heart)"
    Apr 23, 1986
    Pop songwriter Harold Arlen dies of cancer in his apartment on New York's Central Park West. His legacy includes the Judy Garland classic "Over The Rainbow," which had been rejuvenated as a country hit five years earlier by Jerry Lee Lewis
    May 1, 1986
    Pop record producer Hugo Peretti dies in Englewood, New Jersey. A co-writer of "Can't Help Falling In Love," he produced records for Sam Cooke, The Stylistics and The Isley Brothers, plus the Jimmie Rodgers crossover hit "Honeycomb"
    Jun 8, 1986
    Roba Stanley dies in Gainesville, Florida. She is regarded as the first woman to make a country recording
    Jun 15, 1986
    C.F. Martin III, who has run Martin Guitars for more than 40 years, dies
    Jun 17, 1986
    Kate Smith, one of the best-known female singers of the 20th century, dies at the Raleigh Community Hospital in North Carolina. Long associated with "God Bless America," she netted a 1948 country hit with "Foggy River"
    Jun 20, 1986
    Benjamin "Whitey" Ford, "The Duke Of Paducah," dies in Nashville. A leading country comedian for more than 25 years, the Grand Ole Opry star sold many of his jokes to "Hee Haw." He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 1986
    Jun 27, 1986
    Guitarist Joe Maphis dies of cancer. He played on many of Rick Nelson's recording and performed the theme song to the TV series "Bonanza"



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