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    • Dec 19, 1988
    David Cobb dies following heart surgery at Park View Medical Center in Nashville. A longtime announcer for the Grand Ole Opry, he was the first to refer to the Tennessee capitol as "Music City U.S.A."
    Feb 3, 1989
    Film composer Lionel Newman dies of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Among his credits: "North To Alaska," "Hello, Dolly!" and "River Of No Return." The latter's theme became a country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Nov 5, 1989
    Sgt. Barry Sadler dies of heart failure at the Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a year after he was shot in the head. He earned a major hit in 1966 with "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"
    Nov 17, 1989
    Jo-El Sonnier's wife, Jamie, dies of a heart attack in Eunice, Louisiana
    Dec 6, 1989
    Songwriter Sammy Fain dies from a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" and "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella On A Rainy (Rainy) Day," his "Secret Love" was a country hit for both Slim Whitman and Freddy Fender
    Sep 2, 1990
    Lester Wilburn dies of a heart attack in Nashville. He performed as a member of The Wilburn Brothers during the late-1940s, though the act eventually included only his siblings Doyle and Teddy
    Oct 21, 1990
    Neil Wilburn dies of a heart attack. Wilburn designed and built the Columbia Recording Studios, the site for such classics as Marty Robbins' "El Paso," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man"
    Nov 18, 1990
    Xavier B. Cosse, the husband/manager of Martha Carson, dies of a heart issue at his home in Nashville
    Nov 30, 1990
    Mark Chesnutt's father, Bob Chesnutt, dies from a heart attack
    Apr 7, 1991
    African-American songwriter/producer Henry Glover dies of a heart attack in Queens, New York. Affiliated with King Records, he had a hand in such hits as Moon Mullican's "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" and The Delmore Brothers' "Blues Stay Away From Me" and "Freight Train Boogie"



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