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May 22, 1998
Royce Kendall dies in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, following a stroke. With daughter Jeannie Kendall, he formed The Kendalls, a duo whose gospel-laden harmonies were often applied to cheatin' hits, including their biggest, "Heaven's Just A Sin Away"
Jun 2, 1998
Helen Carter dies in Nashville. A member of The Carter Sisters, she was a regular performer on "The Johnny Cash Show" and wrote a handful of hits, including Margie Bowes' "Poor Old Heartsick Me" and Cash's "Rosanna's Going Wild"
Jun 7, 1998
Songwriter Wally Gold dies of colitis at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey. He wrote a pair of Elvis Presley hits: "It's Now Or Never" and "Good Luck Charm"
Jun 7, 1998
Songwriter Jerry Capehart dies of brain cancer at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was a co-writer of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," which found success in country music in 1994, when Alan Jackson revitalized it
Jun 10, 1998
Steve Sanders dies in an apparent suicide in Cape Coral, Florida. Sanders replaced William Lee Golden in The Oak Ridge Boys from 1987-1995, singing lead on such hits as "Gonna Take A Lot Of River" and "Bridges And Walls"
Jun 15, 1998
Record executive Lew Chudd dies of heart failure in Los Angeles. He built Imperial Records, which had success with Ricky Nelson, Fats Domino, Johnny Rivers, Lightnin' Hopkins and Slim Whitman
Jun 16, 1998
Artist manager Jack McFadden dies of liver cirrhosis in Nashville. During his career, his clients included Buck Owens, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus, among others
Jun 18, 1998
Songwriter Edward Eliscu dies in Newtown, Connecticut. Nearly 15 years prior, Willie Nelson earned a country hit by covering Eliscu's classic "Without A Song"
Jul 6, 1998
Roy Rogers dies of heart failure in Apple Valley, California. The King of the Cowboys was the only performer elected twice to the Country Music Hall of Fame--once as a solo artist, once as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers
Jul 12, 1998
Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood dies of heart failure at a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Briefly a member of the Grand Ole Opry, he is best remembered for writing Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" and Eddy Arnold's "Tennessee Stud"
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