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    • Jan 15, 1994
    Singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson dies in his sleep in Agoura Hills, California, nearly a year after suffering a heart attack. His song "Everybody's Talkin'" is ranked one of the 500 greatest country singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jan 18, 1994
    Guitarist/songwriter Eddie Hill dies in Nashville. He played a supporting role on numerous singles by Kitty Wells, Johnnie & Jack and The Louvin Brothers. He also penned hits for Johnny Horton and Jimmy Wakely
    Jan 30, 1994
    Grand Ole Opry executive Ott Devine dies in Nashville. He served as program director of WSM Radio in the late-1950s and worked as the manager of the Opry from 1959 until his retirement in 1968
    Feb 9, 1994
    Exile co-founder Paul Smith dies. After leaving the band in 1966, he went on to form a talent agency that represented Little Feat and The Doobie Brothers
    Apr 7, 1994
    Ken Carson dies of Lou Gehrig's disease in Delray Beach, Florida. He sang tenor for the Sons Of The Pioneers from 1942-1947
    May 19, 1994
    "Jackie's seen in a discotheque doin' a brand new dance..." Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies in New York City of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was namechecked 22 years prior in Loretta Lynn's country hit "One's On The Way"
    Jun 3, 1994
    Wally Fowler, the founder of The Oak Ridge Boys, dies while fishing on Dale Hollow Lake near Nashville
    Jun 4, 1994
    Zeke Clements dies in Nashville. A Grand Ole Opry member who wrote Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water," Clements was also the voice of Bashful in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
    Jun 9, 1994
    Flamboyant Opryland harpist Lloyd Lindroth dies in Nashville. The rhinestone-studded hotel performer played on Merle Haggard's "Natural High"
    Jun 14, 1994
    Arranger and composer Henry Mancini dies of cancer in Beverly Hills. Noted for his Oscar-winners "Moon River" and "The Days Of Wine And Roses," he worked with Charley Pride on the 1972 country hit "All His Children"



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