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    • Jan 28, 1969
    Country/pop singer Jimmie Rodgers performs at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, his first live appearance since his skull was fractured 14 months prior. Leonard Nimoy, Herb Alpert, Bobby Hatfield and The Smothers Brothers are on hand for a set that includes "Gentle On My Mind" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    Feb 8, 1969
    The Beatles' George Harrison undergoes a tonsillectomy in a London hospital, just two months before the band records "Something," with Harrison singing lead. Johnny Rodriguez later turns the song into a country hit
    Feb 16, 1969
    Former life insurance executive Edwin Craig is hospitalized with a heart ailment at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Craig had a hand in bringing country music to Nashville, establishing WSM Radio and approving the start of the Grand Ole Opry
    Feb 28, 1969
    Roni Stoneman undergoes surgery at Nashville's Vanderbilt Hospital to remove a tumor on her neck
    May 31, 1969
    Bob Wills is paralyzed by a stroke at his home in Fort Worth, Texas
    Jul 6, 1969
    "I Feel Fine" songwriter John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, are released from a Scotland hospital following a car accident
    Jul 31, 1969
    Marty Robbins suffers a heart attack following a performance in Warren, Ohio. Initially, he thinks it's merely a severe case of indigestion
    Aug 1, 1969
    Marty Robbins suffers chest pains on the road to Greenville, Ohio. Doctors discover three of the four arteries to his heart are blocked
    Sep 18, 1969
    Jimmie Rodgers has oral surgery in Los Angeles for an abcessed tooth. The following night, he collapses during a concert at the New Mexico State Fair
    Sep 19, 1969
    Jimmie Rodgers collapses on stage at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, while asking for water. He is rushed to a local hospital and released the same evening



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