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    • Nov 1, 2008
    Singer and radio personality Jack Reno dies of brain cancer in Florence, Kentucky. He netted a 1968 hit with "Repeat After Me" and went Top 15 with a cover of Vanity Fare's "Hitchin' A Ride"
    Nov 22, 2008
    Pop songwriter Alan Gordon dies of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, 30 years after T.G. Sheppard had a country hit with his song "Happy Together." Gordon also wrote Three Dog Night's "Celebrate" and Barbra Streisand's "My Heart Belongs To Me"
    Mar 7, 2009
    Jimmy Boyd dies of cancer in Santa Monica. At age 13, he earned a holiday country hit with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
    Mar 25, 2009
    Dan Seals dies of lymphoma at his daughter's Nashville home. A former member of pop music's England Dan & John Ford Coley, he collected 11 #1 hits as a country singer, including "Bop," "You Still Move Me" and "Good Times"
    Apr 1, 2009
    Alt-country artist Duane Jarvis dies of colon cancer at his home in Marina del Rey, California. A road musician for Dwight Yoakam and John Prine, he authored "Still I Long For Your Kiss," a Lucinda Williams song in the movie "The Horse Whisperer"
    May 9, 2009
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Stephen Bruton dies of throat cancer in Los Angeles. A member of Kris Kristofferson's band for two decades, he co-produced the "Crazy Heart" soundtrack just before his passing
    May 15, 2009
    Basketball player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale dies of cancer at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event spurs Toby Keith to write "Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)"
    Jun 3, 2009
    TV producer Danny Petraitis dies of cancer in Nashville. He was a background vocalist on Brooks & Dunn's "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" and played harmonica on Johnny Cash's "Red Hot + Country" track "Forever Young"
    Jun 24, 2009
    Songwriter Tim Krekel dies at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, of abdominal cancer. A former Jimmy Buffett band member, he wrote Crystal Gayle's "Turning Away" and Patty Loveless' "You Can Feel Bad"
    Jun 25, 2009
    Farrah Fawcett dies of anal cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. The "Charlie's Angels" star was referenced in The Bellamy Brothers' 1981 hit "You're My Favorite Star"



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