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    • Jun 29, 1999
    Fiddler Randy Howard dies of cancer at his home in Nashville. He worked with the likes of George Jones, Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks and Tammy Wynette
    Jul 30, 1999
    Brenda Shaver, ex-wife of Billy Joe Shaver, dies of cancer in Austin, Texas
    Aug 5, 1999
    TV producer Gene Weed dies of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was a longtime producer of the Academy of Country Music awards and produced the NBC-TV show "Hot Country Nights"
    Aug 6, 1999
    Garth Brooks' mother, Colleen, dies in Oklahoma of throat cancer
    Sep 13, 1999
    Country music historian Dorothy Horstman dies of lung cancer in New York. She authored the 1975 songwriter book "Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy"
    Oct 25, 1999
    Steel guitar player Earl "Joaquin" Murphey dies of cancer in Los Angeles. The West Coast swing musician contributed to hits by Merle Travis, Spade Cooley, Tex Williams and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Nov 8, 1999
    Gwen Gordy dies of cancer at her San Diego home. She was a co-writer on the Jackie Wilson R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which found new life in country music when Narvel Felts remade it in 1976
    Mar 24, 2000
    Steel guitarist and executive Joe Talbot dies in Nashville of lung cancer. A publisher and owner of a record pressing plant, he performed with Hank Snow from 1950-1954, appearing on "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" and "I'm Moving On"
    Apr 7, 2000
    Jack Nance, the author of "It's Only Make Believe," dies of lung cancer at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The song was a pop hit for Conway Twitty, and a country hit for Ronnie McDowell
    Apr 17, 2000
    Pioneering country executive Murray Nash dies in Ocala, Florida, of lung cancer. He played a role in the careers of Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Carlisle and Pee Wee King while working for Mercury Records and Acuff-Rose Music



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