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Jan 6, 1919
Former president Teddy Roosevelt dies of a heart attack in Oyster Bay, New York. His accomplishments in the battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War are referenced in The Henningsens' 2013 country hit "American Beautiful"
Apr 14, 1931
African-American blues guitarist Arnold Shultz dies from a heart disorder in Morgantown, Kentucky. He was a musical mentor to a teen-aged Bill Monroe
May 21, 1931
Charlie Poole dies of a heart attack in North Carolina at age 39. The hard-living banjo player led The North Carolina Ramblers, who released a series of hits in a five-year recording career that began with Columbia in 1925
Jan 13, 1932
Grand Ole Opry member Uncle Joe Mangrum dies, one day after suffering a heart attack at his Nashville home
Jun 12, 1936
Dr. Humphrey Bate dies of a heart ailment at his home in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. Bate's band, The Possum Hunters, was the first to play country music on WSM Radio, which would launch the Grand Ole Opry. The Possum Hunters were a component of the Opry for its first 10 years
Feb 10, 1938
Songwriter Richard Whiting dies of heart disease in Beverly Hills. The father of Margaret Whiting, he wrote "Ain't We Got Fun," "Hooray For Hollywood," "On The Good Ship Lollipop" and The Hoosier Hot Shots' "Breezin' Along With The Breeze"
Nov 11, 1944
Mehmet Ertegun, the Turkish ambassador to the United States, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. Three years later, Atlantic Records is founded by his sons, Nesuhi and Ahmet Ergetun. Ahmet goes on to write Mickey Gilley's "Chains Of Love"
Jan 30, 1948
Airplane inventor Orville Wright dies of heart failure in Dayton, Ohio. He's referenced in the 2001 Trick Pony hit "Just What I Do"
Dec 3, 1948
Guitarist Dick Reinhart dies of a heart attack in Fort Worth. A member of Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders, he played frequently in western movies and appeared on hits by Johnny Bond and Gene Autry
Nov 25, 1949
Tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dies of heart failure in New York City. His nickname is later borrowed by a homeless man whose jailhouse encounter with singer/songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker inspires "Mr. Bojangles," the first Nitty Gritty Dirt Band hit
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