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    • Aug 20, 1981
    Record producer and Capitol executive Lee Gillette dies after a fall at his home in California. He produced hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Wakely, Leon Payne and Hank Thompson while overseeing the label's country releases from 1944-1950
    Nov 29, 1981
    Actress Natalie Wood drowns near Catalina Island, California. Cast in such films as "Miracle On 34th Street," "West Side Story" and "The Great Race," her on-camera relationship with James Dean in "Rebel Without A Cause" is referenced at the start of Shenandoah's 1993 single "I Want To Be Loved Like That"
    Nov 23, 1982
    "Hee Haw" comedian Grady Nutt dies in a plane crash in Vinemont, Alabama. A Baptist minister and author, he joined the TV show's cast in 1979
    Aug 24, 1983
    Jerry Lee Lewis' wife, Shawn Stephens, is found dead in their Nesbit, Mississippi, home from a methadone overdose. When Lewis wears white to the funeral, her mother complains "he looked like he was going dancing"
    Oct 23, 1985
    Merle Watson dies in a North Carolina tractor accident. The son of Doc Watson, he played banjo and guitar with his influential father from 1964 until his death
    Dec 31, 1985
    Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash outside of DeKalb, Texas. A TV star on "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet," he crossed between pop and country with his 1950s rockabilly-influenced recordings, including "Stood Up" and "Poor Little Fool"
    Jan 29, 1986
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins has an alcohol-related car accident in Jacksonville, Florida, killing his girlfriend and paralyzing him below the neck. He pleads no contest to manslaughter charges
    Apr 9, 1988
    R&B singer Dave Prater dies in a car accident near Sycamore, Georgia. As one-half of Sam & Dave, he sang on the 1967 hit "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," translated as a country single by Sonny James in 1976
    Mar 9, 1989
    Kevin Hughes, chart director for the music trade publication Cash Box, is shot on Music Row in Nashville. The killer is unidentified for more than 13 years
    May 9, 1989
    Keith Whitley dies from alcohol poisoning at his home in Nashville. The rich-voiced husband of Lorrie Morgan was on a career upswing behind the singles "Don't Close Your Eyes," "When You Say Nothing At All" and "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"



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