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Jun 13, 1997
One of Neal McCoy's tour buses collides with another vehicle in Henrietta, Texas, killing two people in the car. McCoy is aboard another bus at the time
Jul 6, 1997
Record producer Owen Bradley breaks his shoulder when he trips on one of his grandson's toys while on his boat on Nashville's Old Hickory Lake
Jul 15, 1997
Fashion designer Gianni Versace is killed by a gunman outside his home in Miami Beach, Florida. A dozen years later, his namesake company is referenced in Tim McGraw's hit "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
Jul 19, 1997
Con Hunley has a single-car accident in Knox County, Tennessee, and is charged with DUI after staggering in front of a police officer. His attorney later convinces the court his balance was shaken by a concussion, not by alcohol
Aug 1, 1997
Shelby Lynne suffers head injuries when she crashes a pickup truck in Williamson County, Tennessee. She is hospitalized at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she remains for two days
Sep 29, 1997
Sons Of The Desert discover a fire as they check out of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York's theater district
Oct 1, 1997
Janis Gill breaks her left wrist when she's thrown by a horse
Oct 12, 1997
Singer/songwriter John Denver dies in a plane crash near Monterey, California, when the engine quits on the test plane he's piloting. Denver leaves a string of folk-tinged pop-country hits, including "Thank God I'm A Country Boy," "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Annie's Song" and "Back Home Again"
Nov 27, 1997
Razzy Bailey and his wife, Faye, are injured in a car accident driving from Nashville to Macon, where he is scheduled for induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Neither needs hospitalization, but they are forced to skip the ceremony
Dec 5, 1997
Ray Charles' manager, Carl Hunter, is arrested for suspicion of marijuana possession in Nagoya, Japan. Charles brought country to mass culture with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
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