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    • Mar 13, 1990
    Mel Tillis' first manager, Buck Peddy, dies of cancer in Groveland, Florida
    Apr 9, 1990
    Singer/songwriter Darrell Glenn dies of cancer at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned a country hit in 1953 with "Crying In The Chapel," written by his father, Artie Glenn. He also wrote Billy Walker's "Bear With Me A Little Longer"
    Apr 26, 1990
    Wesley Rose dies in Nashville. A partner in the Acuff-Rose publishing firm founded by his father, Fred Rose, Wesley worked with The Everly Brothers, Boudleaux Bryant and Roy Orbison, earning induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
    May 25, 1990
    Pop songwriter/record producer Gary Usher dies of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles. Noted for his work with The Beach Boys and The Hondells, he also produced The Byrds' pioneering country-rock album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo"
    Jul 20, 1990
    Accordion player Morty Nevins dies of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills. As a member of the pop instrumental trio The Three Suns, he appeared on the 1950 country hit "Beyond The Sunset," which also featured Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
    Jul 26, 1990
    Grateful Dead keyboard player Brent Mydland dies of an accidental drug overdose at his home in Lafayette, California. The band is destined to appear in the lyrics of Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"
    Aug 15, 1990
    Lew DeWitt dies of Crohn's disease at home in Waynesboro, Virginia. A founding member of The Statler Brothers, he wrote "Flowers On The Wall," the quartet's signature hit. The Statlers join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
    Sep 2, 1990
    Lester Wilburn dies of a heart attack in Nashville. He performed as a member of The Wilburn Brothers during the late-1940s, though the act eventually included only his siblings Doyle and Teddy
    Sep 6, 1990
    Creedence Clearwater Revival's Tom Fogerty dies in Scottsdale, Arizona, of respiratory failure with AIDS, contracted in a blood transfusion. The band's "Lookin' Out My Back Door" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 13, 1990
    Ben Smathers, leader of The Stoney Mountain Cloggers, dies, 33 years to the date after the group joined the Grand Ole Opry



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