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    • Aug 15, 1996
    Actor/songwriter Joe Seneca dies in New York City of coronary arrest. He wrote "Talk To Me" and "Break It To Me Gently," pop songs remade as country hits for Mickey Gilley and Juice Newton
    Aug 21, 1996
    Alyce King, of The King Sisters, dies in Los Angeles. Noted for its 1940s pop recordings and its 1960s variety show, the family act also collected a country hit in 1946 with a cover of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Aug 22, 1996
    R.V. "Mooney" Lynn dies at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, of diabetes. The husband of Loretta Lynn, he gave Loretta her first guitar and encouraged her pursuit of a recording career, serving as her manager during her developmental years
    Sep 9, 1996
    Bill Monroe dies at Northcrest Medical Center in Springfield, Tennessee, five months after suffering a stroke. Acknowledged as the "Father of Bluegrass," he joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1939 and entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Sep 13, 1996
    Rapper Tupac Shakur dies of a head wound in Las Vegas, six days after he was shot in a drive-by shooting on Flamingo Road. He will be referenced 20 years later in the chorus of a Florida Georgia Line collaboration with Tim McGraw, "May We All"
    Sep 21, 1996
    One-hit wonder Woody Carter dies. His lone commercial success as a recording artist came with the 1949 single "Sittin' On The Doorstep." He also worked as a supporting musician on Floyd Tillman's "Slipping Around"
    Oct 4, 1996
    Fiddler Jerry Rivers dies at Nashville's Summit Medical Center of cancer. A member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys from 1949-1951, he played on such classics as "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Cold, Cold Heart"
    Oct 6, 1996
    Singer/songwriter Ted Daffan dies from cancer in Houston, Texas. His recording legacy includes such 1940s classics as "Born To Lose," "No Letter Today" and "Headin' Down The Wrong Highway"
    Oct 8, 1996
    Songwriter Carl Stutz dies in Richmond, Virginia. He was a co-writer of "Little Things Mean A Lot," a 1978 country hit for Margo Smith
    Oct 27, 1996
    Comic Morey Amsterdam dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for his role on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," he wrote The Andrews Sisters' "Rum And Coca-Cola" and Dick Jurgens' country hit "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming"



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