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    • Apr 6, 1998
    Tammy Wynette dies at home in Nashville from a blood clot in her lung. Noted for the classics "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," the First Lady of Country Music is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame five months later
    Apr 6, 1998
    Recording engineer Edward Barton dies at the Williamson County Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. He ran the boards for such artists as Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers, and for songs in the movie "Every Which Way But Loose"
    Apr 7, 1998
    Drummer Carlos Vega dies of self-inflicted gun shots at his Los Angeles home. Noted for his work on pop records by James Taylor, Boz Scaggs and Olivia Newton-John, he also played on at least 15 country hits by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire
    Apr 12, 1998
    Former record executive Jim Conkling dies at Sutter Oaks Alzheimer's Hospital in Sacramento, California. He helped launch Warner Bros. Records and the Grammy organization, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
    Apr 15, 1998
    Rose Maddox dies of kidney failure in Ashland, Oregon. She was the lead singer of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, nicknamed the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America, and spent eight years with the Grand Ole Opry
    Apr 15, 1998
    Country journalist and historian Otto Kitsinger dies. He worked for such TV shows as "Grand Ole Opry Live," "Opry Backstage" and "Nashville Now"
    Apr 19, 1998
    Earl Bolick, lead singer of The Blue Sky Boys, dies in Georgia. With brother Earl, the duo began recording in the 1930s, becoming members of "The Louisiana Hayride" through such singles as "Are You From Dixie" and "Down On The Banks Of The Ohio"
    Apr 30, 1998
    Steel guitarist Curly Chalker dies of cancer at the Hendersonville Nursing Home in Tennessee. A former member of the "Hee Haw" TV-show band, his credits include Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side Of Life," Lefty Frizzell's "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" and Ray Price's "For The Good Times"
    May 7, 1998
    Eddie Rabbitt dies from lung cancer at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, leaving behind a string of pop crossover successes, including "I Love A Rainy Night," "Drivin' My Life Away," "Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight" and "Suspicions"
    May 14, 1998
    Frank Sinatra dies at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, following a heart attack. One of the iconic vocalists of the 20th century, he included two country performers--Lorrie Morgan and Willie Nelson--on his 1994 release "Duets II"



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