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    • Jan 1, 1971
    Former Air Force general and Pan Am executive Henry Kristofferson dies of heart failure in Fallbrook, California. His passing comes as his son, Kris Kristofferson, is enjoying hits as the writer of "Me And Bobby McGee," "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Mar 21, 1971
    Roy Blackwood, a co-founder of The Blackwood Brothers, dies of a heart attack at his Memphis church. The gospel quartet's "His Hand In Mine" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 8, 1971
    Bass player Junior Huskey dies of a heart attack in Nashville. His credits include work with The Everly Brothers, George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn
    Jun 13, 1972
    R&B singer Clyde McPhatter dies of a heart attack in the Bronx. A former member of The Dominoes and The Drifters, he grabbed a solo pop hit in 1958 with "A Lover's Question," remade as a country hit in 1978 by Jacky Ward
    Jun 23, 1972
    Elton Britt dies from a heart attack in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. A long-shot candidate for president in 1960, he earned acclaim for his World War II hit "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
    Sep 12, 1972
    Actor William Boyd dies of heart failure related to Parkinson's disease in Laguna Beach, California. He's best known for his role as silver-screen cowboy Hopalong Cassidy, recognized in the 1974 Roy Rogers hit "Hoppy, Gene And Me"
    Apr 8, 1973
    Surrealist painter Pablo Picasso dies of heart failure in Mougins, France. He's namechecked in Trick Pony's 2001 country single "Just What I Do"
    Apr 12, 1973
    Movie producer Arthur Freed dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for such films as "Annie Get Your Gun," "Gigi" and "Easter Parade," he also co-wrote "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)," a 1947 country hit for Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
    Oct 3, 1973
    Bass vocalist Jim "Big Chief" Wetherington dies of a heart attack in his room at Nashville's Ramada Inn. Wetherington appeared on The Statesmen Quartet's "This Ole House," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 20, 1973
    Pop singer Bobby Darin dies of heart failure at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His "Splish Splash" crossed into the country charts, and his "Dream Lover" was remade as a country hit by Billy "Crash" Craddock



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