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    • Nov 20, 2007
    Patricia Ann Gentry, the mother of Montgomery Gentry vocalist Troy Gentry, dies from cancer in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Dec 16, 2007

    Dan Fogelberg dies from prostate cancer at his home in Deer Isle, Maine. The pop singer/songwriter recorded a 1985 country album, "High Country Snows," supporting it with a backing group that spawned The Desert Rose Band

    Mar 10, 2008
    Guitarist Barry "Byrd" Burton dies of leukemia at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. A former member of The Amazing Rhythm Aces, he played on "Third Rate Romance," Merle Haggard's single "The Way I Am" and the Don Williams hit "Tulsa Time," among others
    May 9, 2008
    Radney Foster's father, John Radney Foster, dies of lung cancer
    May 18, 2008
    Daniel Rice dies of melanoma in North Carolina. His son, singer/songwriter Chase Rice, will co-write the Florida Georgia Line hit "Cruise"
    May 26, 2008

    "Tootsie" producer Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades, California. He was credited as a producer on Willie Nelson's "Midnight Rider" and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys," both from the movie "The Electric Horseman"

    Jun 10, 2008
    Gordon Lightfoot guitarist Red Shea dies of pancreatic cancer in Aurora, Ontario. Among Shea's credits: the 1974 country hit "Sundown"
    Jun 30, 2008
    Keith Anderson's mother, Janice Anderson, dies of cancer
    Sep 12, 2008
    Charlie Walker dies of colon cancer in Hendersonville, Tennessee. A Grand Ole Opry star, he earned his biggest hit with the 1958 single "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down"
    Sep 26, 2008
    Charlie Garner, a 26-year member of Del Reeves' band The Goodtime Charlies, dies from brain cancer



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