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Jul 1, 1995
Rock & roll disc jockey Wolfman Jack dies of a heart attack in Belvedere, North Carolina. A pioneering, scratchy-voiced broadcaster, he was included 15 years prior in the lyrics of Don Williams' country hit "Good Ole Boys Like Me"
Jul 25, 1995
Charlie Rich dies while on vacation in Hammond, Louisiana, from a blood clot in his lung. Known as "The Silver Fox," Rich's countrypolitan sound led to million-sellers with "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl"
Aug 9, 1995
Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia dies of a heart attack at a San Francisco rehab center. Two years later, his version of "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)" appears on "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute"
Aug 12, 1995
Singer/songwriter Jean Chapel dies of cancer at her home in Port Orange, Florida. A former recording artist for Sun Records, she wrote Eddy Arnold's "Lonely Again" and Jerry Wallace's "To Get To You"
Aug 20, 1995
Steel guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes dies in Los Angeles. A former member of the house band at The Palomino in Los Angeles, he won the Academy of Country Music's Top Steel Guitar honor four times in his career
Aug 26, 1995
Ronnie White, of The Miracles, dies of leukemia at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The Motown group had two songs remade as country hits: Linda Ronstadt's "The Tracks Of My Tears" and Mickey Gilley's "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Oct 5, 1995
Big-band leader Dick Jurgens dies of cancer at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. His orchestra's recording of "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming" crossed into the country Top 10 in 1947
Nov 4, 1995
Trumpet player and background singer Karl Garvin dies from cancer at his home in Santa Rosa, Florida. A former jazz musician, he also worked with The Anita Kerr Singers, performing on hits by Jim Reeves, Claude King and Johnny Cash. He was one of two trumpeters on "Ring Of Fire"
Nov 10, 1995
Fiddler Curly Fox dies at the Rhea County Medical Center in Graysville, Tennessee. He joined Texas Ruby to form one of country's most successful husband-and-wife teams in the mid-20th century, prior to her death in a trailer fire in 1963
Dec 8, 1995
Billboard publisher Lee Zhito dies in Santa Monica when he is struck by a car. Zhito spent more than 50 years with the magazine, generally regarded as the leading trade publication for the music industry
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