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    • Aug 14, 1992
    Vocalist Tony Williams dies of diabetes and emphysema in New York. He sang lead for The Platters on their 1950s classic "Only You (And You Alone)," successfully remade as a 1980s country record by Reba McEntire
    Aug 24, 1992
    Drummer Larrie Londin dies in Nashville two months after slipping into a diabetic coma. His credits include Merle Haggard's "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink," plus recordings by Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings
    Sep 4, 1992
    Carl Butler dies at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He co-wrote Ricky Skaggs' hit "Crying My Heart Out Over You" and recorded the 1962 classic "Don't Let Me Cross Over" with wife Pearl Butler
    Sep 4, 1992
    John Volinkaty dies in Minnetonka, Minnesota. His brief moment of glory came for writing Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets"
    Sep 23, 1992
    Steve Scruggs, a former member of his dad's Earl Scruggs Revue, shoots his wife, Elizabeth, at their home in White House, Tennessee, then shoots himself as well
    Oct 15, 1992
    Charlie Williams dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote Bobby Bare's 1963 recording "500 Miles Away From Home"
    Oct 25, 1992
    Roger Miller dies of cancer in Los Angeles. A singer/songwriter with a quirky brand of humor, he sang "King Of The Road," "Chug-A-Lug" and "Dang Me," among others, and wrote hits by Alan Jackson, Jim Reeves and Ernest Tubb. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995
    Oct 29, 1992
    Upright bass player Fred Maddox, of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, dies in Delano, California. The band became one of the most popular country touring acts of the 1950s, with a show that featured strong musicianship and plenty of comedy. Among his pallbearers is Merle Haggard
    Nov 19, 1992
    Songwriter Bobby Russell dies in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He penned Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey," Roger Miller's "Little Green Apples" and the Reba McEntire country hit "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
    Nov 23, 1992
    Roy Acuff dies from congestive heart failure in Nashville and is buried within eight hours. A Grand Ole Opry symbol for over 50 years, the "King Of Country Music" was the first living member inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame



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