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    • Nov 22, 1996
    Country Weekly correspondent Bruce Honick dies of cancer in Nashville
    Dec 1, 1996
    Pop songwriter Irving Gordon dies at his home in Los Angeles. The author of the Nat "King" Cole standard "Unforgettable," he also wrote Eddy Arnold's 1955 country hit "The Kentuckian Song"
    Dec 5, 1996
    Wilf Carter--a.k.a. Montana Slim--dies with a stomach tumor at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. A yodeling cowboy singer from Canada, he ranked among that nation's most popular performers
    Dec 10, 1996
    Faron Young dies at Summit Medical Center in Nashville, one day after shooting himself in the head. His classics included "Sweet Dreams," "Hello Walls," "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "It's Four In The Morning"
    Dec 10, 1996
    Singer and mandolin player John Duffey dies of a heart attack at Arlington Hospital in Virginia. He was a founding member of the progressive bluegrass bands The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene
    Dec 10, 1996
    Dolph Hewitt, associated with WLS' "National Barn Dance" and "The WWVA Jamboree," dies in Kissimmee, Florida. The vocalist and yodeler pocketed a hit with his 1949 recording of "I Wish I Knew"
    Dec 23, 1996
    Songwriter, sax player and club owner Ronnie Scott dies in London from an apparently accidental overdose of pain pills for tooth implants. He wrote Bonnie Tyler's "It's A Heartache" and Shelly West's "Flight 309 To Tennessee"
    Jan 1, 1997
    Singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt dies following a heart attack in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. His credits included Don Williams & Emmylou Harris' "If I Needed You" and Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson's "Pancho And Lefty"
    Jan 5, 1997
    Pop songwriter Burton Lane dies of lung cancer in New York City. He authored "Look To The Rainbow" and "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever," plus Jo Stafford's 1947 country hit "Feudin' And Fightin'"
    Jan 21, 1997
    Songwriter Irwin Levine dies at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. He was responsible for the Billy "Crash" Craddock hits "Knock Three Times" and "'Til The Water Stops Runnin'," plus the Johnny Carver success "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"



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