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    • Oct 6, 1993
    Songwriter Ken McDuffie dies of an apparent heart attack in Dickson, Tennessee. His credits include Mel Tillis' "Good Woman Blues," John Anderson's "Lying Blue Eyes" and Conway Twitty's "Between Blue Eyes And Jeans"
    Sep 8, 1994
    Recording engineer Lynn Peterzell dies of a heart attack in Nashville. His credits included John Anderson's "Money In The Bank," Clint Black's "Killin' Time" and "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
    Feb 7, 1995
    Bill Boyd dies at home in Burbank, California, from a heart attack. The former radio personality and TV consultant spent his final 14 years as the executive director of the Academy of Country Music
    Mar 31, 1995
    Carl Story dies in Greenville, South Carolina, from complications following triple bypass heart surgery. Considered the Father of Bluegrass Gospel, he played fiddle with Bill Monroe and wrote Mickey Gilley's "I Overlooked An Orchid"
    Jul 1, 1995
    Rock & roll disc jockey Wolfman Jack dies of a heart attack in Belvedere, North Carolina. A pioneering, scratchy-voiced broadcaster, he was included 15 years prior in the lyrics of Don Williams' country hit "Good Ole Boys Like Me"
    Aug 9, 1995
    Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia dies of a heart attack at a San Francisco rehab center. Two years later, his version of "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)" appears on "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute"
    Dec 26, 1995
    Former Billboard magazine executive Bob Austin dies of heart failure in New York. He was responsible for developing the first record charts in the magazine
    Jan 6, 1996
    Fiddler Chubby Wise dies of heart failure in Bowie, Maryland. He played professionally more than 50 years, working with Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Snow. Wise was best-known to the public for his frequent performances of "Orange Blossom Special" on the Grand Ole Opry
    Jan 15, 1996
    Keyboard player and arranger Les Baxter dies in Newport Beach, California, of heart and kidney problems. Known for his work with Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, his Les Baxter Chorus backed Jimmy Wakely on the 1951 country hit "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
    Mar 23, 1996
    Songwriter J.D. Miller dies in Lafayette, Louisiana, following quadruple bypass surgery. He wrote Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" and Jimmy C. Newman's first hit, "Cry, Cry Darling"



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