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    • Dec 27, 1994
    Songwriter Howard Hausey dies in Fort Worth, Texas. Alternately known as rockabilly artist Howard Crockett, he authored the Johnny Horton hits "All Grown Up" and "Honky-Tonk Man"
    Dec 28, 1994
    Former Smoky Mountain Boy Oral "Curley" Rhodes dies in Tennessee. He played bass and guitar in Roy Acuff's band from 1940-1942 and had a few shorter stints with the group during the decade after serving in World War II
    Jan 15, 1995
    Vic Willis dies in a van accident in Hohenwald, Tennessee. A Grand Ole Opry fixture for nearly 50 years as a solo artist, and as a member of The Willis Brothers, he spent his final 13 years as secretary-treasurer of the musicians' union in Nashville
    Jan 19, 1995
    Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan commits suicide in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. He wrote Anne Murray's introductory hit "Snowbird," plus Ocean's 1971 pop title "Put Your Hand In The Hand"
    Jan 25, 1995
    Fiddler Dusty Rose dies in Ohio. He worked with Tex Ritter, Rex Allen and Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys
    Feb 2, 1995
    Joe Nixon dies of leukemia in La Crescenta, California. He wrote Vern Gosdin's "Mother Country Music" and Freddie Hart's "The Pleasure's Been All Mine"
    Feb 7, 1995
    Bill Boyd dies at home in Burbank, California, from a heart attack. The former radio personality and TV consultant spent his final 14 years as the executive director of the Academy of Country Music
    Feb 10, 1995
    Songwriter Kendall Hayes dies from cancer in Kentucky. He wrote Leroy Van Dyke's 1961 country hit "Walk On By"
    Feb 15, 1995
    Ed Keathley, the bass player for Ray Stevens, dies in Nashville of smoke inhalation after falling asleep with a lit cigarette
    Mar 11, 1995
    Guitarist Pete Pyle dies in Nashville. A musician with such Grand Ole Opry acts as Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys and Grandpa Jones, he played on Monroe's recording of "Orange Blossom Special"



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