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    • Sep 29, 1975
    Earl Scruggs suffers head injuries, facial cuts, a broken nose and broken ankle when the plane he pilots crashes while landing in East Nashville
    Oct 24, 1975
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant breaks a beer bottle over the head of a road crew member in Portsmouth, England, during a fight over how to pronounce "schnapps." Van Zant breaks a hand, and Gary Rossington breaks a hand and cuts both wrists
    Mar 25, 1976
    Phyllis Major, the wife of "Take It Easy" songwriter Jackson Browne, dies of a drug overdose at their home in Hollywood
    Apr 17, 1976
    Marie Osmond and her mom, Olive, ram into a truck her dad is towing. Olive sustains a chest injury, while Marie is released from the hospital the same day
    May 19, 1976
    "Honky Tonk Women" co-writer Keith Richards, of The Rolling Stones, crashes his car in England, and is subsequently charged with possession of an illegal substance when police find cocaine and LSD in the vehicle
    May 28, 1976
    Tammy Wynette's Nashville house suffers $100,000 in damage from three fires. Nashville police indicate her home has been vandalized at least five times since the beginning of the year
    Jun 6, 1976
    The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, a co-writer of "Honky Tonk Women," loses a son, when his 11-week-old boy, Tara Richards, suffocates in his crib
    Jun 21, 1976
    A thief breaks into The Osborne Brothers' limo while the band is on stage in St. Paul, Minnesota, and steals Sonny Osborne's wallet, including $4340 in cash. Osborne begins carrying a handgun as a result
    Jun 26, 1976
    Seventeen-year-old Randy Traywick--the future Randy Travis--is charged with breaking and entering in North Carolina
    Jun 30, 1976
    Acting on an anonymous tip, police raid the Los Angeles home of pop artist Neil Diamond looking for cocaine. They find less than an ounce of weed. Weeks later, Glen Campbell records Diamond's song "Sunflower"



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