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  • Jun 22, 1981
    Debby Boone is hospitalized in Ohio after an automobile accident on Interstate 71, caused when her vehicle, driven by husband Gabriel Ferrer, collided with the wheels of a semi while passing
    Jul 14, 1981
    Some $175,000 worth of sound equipment and instruments is stolen from Merle Haggard prior to a show in Houston. He borrows gear for the concert; most of the equipment is recovered the next day when the thief tries to sell it at a pawn shop
    Jul 25, 1981
    Two fans die in Avignon, France, at a concert by Bob Dylan, author of the country hits "You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "It Ain't Me, Babe." One is fatally electrocuted after climbing power lines, while the other dies from a three-story fall
    Nov 29, 1981
    Actress Natalie Wood drowns near Catalina Island, California. Cast in such films as "Miracle On 34th Street," "West Side Story" and "The Great Race," her on-camera relationship with James Dean in "Rebel Without A Cause" is referenced at the start of Shenandoah's 1993 single "I Want To Be Loved Like That"
    Dec 13, 1981
    Following an afternoon concert for 1,500 inmates at the Missouri State Penitentiary, Johnny Paycheck is arrested in Jefferson City, Missouri, and jailed for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl in Wyoming
    Dec 21, 1981
    Three armed intruders break into Johnny Cash's home in Jamaica and take $35,000 in cash and jewelry, plus a car and the evening meal. During the robbery, they hold a gun to the head of Cash's son, John Carter, then lock the family in the wine cellar
    Dec 29, 1981
    A short in some Christmas lights causes a fire in a tool shed on Johnny Cash's property in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Damages are estimated at $250-$500
    Mar 29, 1982
    George Jones is arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for cocaine possession after he's pulled over for speeding at 91 miles per hour
    Mar 30, 1982
    George Jones totals a 1981 Lincoln Town Car when he flips it on Grubb Springs Road in Hamilton, Mississippi. He receives facial cuts and charges for drunk driving, and enters a Birmingham psychiatric hospital
    Apr 13, 1982
    David Crosby, who co-founded the country-rock pioneering band The Byrds, is arrested in Dallas, Texas, for drug possession. It's the second time in three weeks he's been picked up on narcotics charges




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