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May 13, 1997
Rose Carter dies in Azle, Texas. She was a longtime member of the family gospel group The Chuck Wagon Gang, whose "After The Sunrise" will be named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
May 13, 1997
Randy Hauser, who played drums for Chet Atkins for 20 years, dies from a heart attack, suffered while unloading his car at his garage in Nashville. Hauser also worked with Bill Anderson, Ray Price, Charlie Rich and Steve Wariner, among others
Jun 19, 1997
Bobby Helms dies at his home in Martinsville, Indiana. He leaves behind three major singles from 1957: "Fraulein," "My Special Angel" and "Jingle Bell Rock"
Jun 30, 1997
Songwriter Chuck Seals, who co-wrote the Ray Price classic "Crazy Arms," dies in White House, Tennessee
Jul 1, 1997
Actor Robert Mitchum dies of lung cancer in Santa Barbara, California. In addition to taking roles in such pictures as "Cape Fear," "The Longest Day" and "River Of No Return," he earned a country hit in 1967 with "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
Jul 15, 1997
Fashion designer Gianni Versace is killed by a gunman outside his home in Miami Beach, Florida. A dozen years later, his namesake company is referenced in Tim McGraw's hit "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
Aug 4, 1997
Pop vocalist Louise King dies in Sandy, Utah. In addition to a string of pop recordings in the 1940s and a 1960s network TV show, The King Sisters realized a country hit with a 1946 remake of Merle Travis' "Divorce Me C.O.D."
Aug 20, 1997
Record producer Roy Dea dies at Nashville's Southern Hills Medical Center, two days after suffering a heart attack. His credits included hits by Tom T. Hall, Gary Stewart, Johnny Rodriguez and Dickey Lee
Sep 5, 1997
Catholic nun Mother Teresa dies of heart failure in Calcutta, India. Hailed for her work with the poor, she provides part of the inspiration for Martina McBride to write the 2007 country hit "Anyway"
Sep 6, 1997
Bass player Roy Huskey Jr. dies after a bout with lung cancer at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center. His credits included recordings by Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Ricky Van Shelton, Travis Tritt and Ricky Skaggs, among others
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