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    • Mar 30, 1995
    Rock record producer Paul Rothchild dies of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He produced Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee," ranked in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's greatest singles
    Mar 31, 1995
    Carl Story dies in Greenville, South Carolina, from complications following triple bypass heart surgery. Considered the Father of Bluegrass Gospel, he played fiddle with Bill Monroe and wrote Mickey Gilley's "I Overlooked An Orchid"
    Apr 12, 1995
    Anne Murray's manager, Leonard Rambeau, dies in Toronto, following a lengthy battle with colon cancer
    Apr 14, 1995
    Burl Ives dies of mouth cancer in Anacortes, Washington. Known primarily as a folk singer, he scored country hits during the early-1960s with "Funny Way Of Laughin'" and "A Little Bitty Tear"
    May 6, 1995
    Songwriter and fiddler Billy Hughes dies. He wrote the Red Foley hit "Tennessee Saturday Night" and played on Jack Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills"
    May 18, 1995
    Gordon Rouse dies in Florida. He was a member of The Rouse Brothers, who originated the classic "Orange Blossom Special"
    May 25, 1995
    Dick Curless dies of stomach cancer at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Togus, Maine. Nicknamed the Baron of Country Music, he was best known for his 1965 trucker hit "A Tombstone Every Mile"
    Jun 3, 1995
    Van Stoneman dies in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The son of country pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he joined with a number of his siblings to create The Stoneman Family, named Vocal Group of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1967
    Jun 21, 1995
    Guitarist Bob McNett dies at his home near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, after a battle with cancer. A member of Hank Williams' original Drifting Cowboys, he played with the band from 1945-1950
    Jun 26, 1995
    Steel guitarist Jim Farmer dies. He played on numerous Marty Robbins sessions, including "Knee Deep In The Blues," "Singing The Blues" and "That's All Right"



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