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Jan 12, 2012
Guitarist Charlie Collins dies at his Tennessee home days after suffering a stroke. A longtime member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, he also played on Tom T. Hall's 1976 hit "Fox On The Run"
Jun 10, 2012
Jimmy Elledge dies of complications from a stroke. His 1961 pop hit "Funny How Time Slips Away" was the first recorded version of the song, written by Willie Nelson
Jul 16, 2012
Kitty Wells dies at her home in Madison, Tennessee, following a stroke. She set the stage for women in country music following her 1952 signature hit, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976
Sep 1, 2012
Songwriter Hal David dies of a stroke at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A frequent Burt Bacharach co-writer, he penned several country hits, including Ronnie Milsap's "It Was Almost Like A Song," Don Gibson's "Sea Of Heartbreak" and Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson's "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"
Oct 9, 2013
Betty Innis dies at Swedish Medical Center in Denver following a stroke. She was the mother of Restless Heart keyboard player Dave Innis
Jun 2, 2014
Steel guitarist Weldon Myrick dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville of a stroke. He played on such hits as Connie Smith's "Once A Day," George Strait's "You Look So Good In Love," Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" and Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
Dec 14, 2014
Soprano vocalist Millie Kirkham dies in Nashville following a stroke. An in-demand session singer, she contributed to a ton of Elvis Presley hits, as well as Ferlin Husky's "Gone," Don Gibson's "Blue Blue Day," Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere" and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Jan 2, 2015
Little Jimmy Dickens dies at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville of cardiac arrest, eight days after suffering a stroke. Mixing comedy and an underrated ability as a balladeer, the diminutive entertainer was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 1983 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Dec 28, 2016
Actress Debbie Reynolds dies in Los Angeles following a stroke, one day after the passing of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Reynolds was referenced in the second verse of Loretta Lynn's 1972 hit "One's On The Way"
Mar 2, 2017
David Abbott, the father of The Josh Abbott Band's lead singer, dies several weeks after suffering a stroke
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