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    • Oct 3, 1989
    Del Wood dies in Nashville. With one hit to her credit, 1951's "Down Yonder," the pianist had been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 46 years
    Nov 5, 1989
    Sgt. Barry Sadler dies of heart failure at the Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a year after he was shot in the head. He earned a major hit in 1966 with "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"
    Dec 4, 1989
    Connie B. Gay dies of cancer at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. One of country music's pioneering executives, he promoted the likes of Jimmy Dean, Roy Clark and Grandpa Jones in concert and on TV on his way to induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Dec 6, 1989
    Songwriter Sammy Fain dies from a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" and "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella On A Rainy (Rainy) Day," his "Secret Love" was a country hit for both Slim Whitman and Freddy Fender
    Dec 14, 1989
    Songwriter Tommy Brasfield dies in Nashville. Brasfield wrote Earl Thomas Conley's "Holding Her And Loving You," Barbara Mandrell's "Angel In Your Arms" and Ronnie Milsap's "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me," among others
    Dec 21, 1989
    John Bailes dies. A member of the first successful version of The Bailes Brothers, he was one of four siblings who played in the duo between 1942 and the 1950s
    Jan 23, 1990
    Texas Jim Lewis dies of colon cancer at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. He appeared in numerous western movies and earned a hit in 1944 by remaking "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry." His supporting band became the backing band for Spade Cooley
    Jan 23, 1990
    Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins dies from respiratory failure at Jacksonville's Memorial Medical Center. The band's "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 8, 1990
    Del Shannon commits suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot at his home in Santa Clarita, California. Best known for his 1961 pop hit "Runaway," he wrote Juice Newton's 1986 country hit "Cheap Love"
    Feb 25, 1990
    Pop singer Johnnie Ray dies of liver failure in Los Angeles. He picked up the biggest hit of his career with his 1951 debut, "Cry." The song later became a country hit two times--for Lynn Anderson, in 1972; and for Crystal Gayle, in 1986



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