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    • Jul 1, 1997
    Actor Robert Mitchum dies of lung cancer in Santa Barbara, California. In addition to taking roles in such pictures as "Cape Fear," "The Longest Day" and "River Of No Return," he earned a country hit in 1967 with "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
    Sep 6, 1997
    Bass player Roy Huskey Jr. dies after a bout with lung cancer at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center. His credits included recordings by Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Ricky Van Shelton, Travis Tritt and Ricky Skaggs, among others
    Dec 4, 1997
    Doug Stone's mother, Gail Menscer, dies from cancer in Warm Springs, Georgia
    Dec 7, 1997
    Songwriter Carole Joyner Gourley dies in Atlanta, of cancer. She wrote the 1956 Sonny James hit "Young Love," also recorded as a pop hit by actor Tab Hunter
    Dec 31, 1997
    Piano player Floyd Cramer dies from cancer in Nashville. His "slip-note" technique earned a hit with "Last Date," while his session work included appearances on hits by Elvis Presley, Hank Locklin, The Everly Brothers and Jimmy Dean, among others. Cramer joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2003
    Jan 22, 1998
    Bob Mulloy dies of cancer in Nashville. He established an influential music business program at Nashville's Belmont University. Graduates include Trisha Yearwood, Brad Paisley, Lee Ann Womack and Josh Turner
    Apr 30, 1998
    Steel guitarist Curly Chalker dies of cancer at the Hendersonville Nursing Home in Tennessee. A former member of the "Hee Haw" TV-show band, his credits include Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side Of Life," Lefty Frizzell's "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" and Ray Price's "For The Good Times"
    May 7, 1998
    Eddie Rabbitt dies from lung cancer at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, leaving behind a string of pop crossover successes, including "I Love A Rainy Night," "Drivin' My Life Away," "Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight" and "Suspicions"
    May 15, 1998
    Harry Pinkerman, who drove The Oak Ridge Boys' bus for 15 years, dies of cancer
    Jun 7, 1998
    Songwriter Jerry Capehart dies of brain cancer at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was a co-writer of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," which found success in country music in 1994, when Alan Jackson revitalized it



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