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    • Feb 7, 2001
    Happy trails to the Queen of the West: Dale Evans dies of congestive heart failure in Apple Valley, California. She starred in 35 western movies with husband Roy Rogers and wrote "Happy Trails," the theme to his 1950s TV show, in which she appeared
    Apr 19, 2001
    John Stoneman dies in Jonesville, Virginia, of heart failure. The son of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he played autoharp in an early incarnation of The Stoneman Family, but gave it up for farming
    Sep 11, 2001
    Artist manager David Skepner dies of a heart attack in Nashville. He worked for many years with both Loretta Lynn and Riders In The Sky
    Oct 23, 2001
    Rusty Kershaw dies of a heart attack in New Orleans. Along with brother Doug Kershaw, he formed the Cajun duo Rusty & Doug, which netted four country hits from 1955-1961, including "Louisiana Man" and "Diggy Diggy Lo"
    Dec 3, 2001
    Guitarist Grady Martin dies of congestive heart failure at the Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg, Tennessee. One of Nashville's most-used session players, he graced hits by Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price and others. He is added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Jan 4, 2002
    Songwriter/guitarist Tim Buckley dies from a heart attack in Dallas. Buckley played in Doug Supernaw's band and co-wrote his first hit, "Reno"
    May 6, 2002
    Songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville following a heart attack. He fashioned Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up," plus Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire," entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986
    Jun 16, 2002
    Pat White dies of a heart attack at Hendersonville Hospital in Tennessee. The lineup of The Whites includes her husband, Buck White, plus daughters Sharon and Cheryl
    Oct 18, 2002
    Songwriter Donn Hecht dies at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami Beach, following a heart attack. He wrote Patsy Cline's first hit, "Walkin' After Midnight"
    Dec 13, 2002
    Zal Yanovsky dies from a heart attack at his home near Kingston, Ontario. Yanovsky co-founded the Lovin' Spoonful, whose 1966 release "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"



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