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    • Oct 4, 1979
    Barcelona Apartments in Nashville files a suit against George Jones for $500 to recover two months of unpaid rent. Jones moved out of the building earlier in the week without leaving a forwarding address
    Nov 14, 1979
    Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton agree to settle a $3-million lawsuit filed by Wagoner, dividing numerous businesses they've owned jointly for 12 years. They also consider making a duet album
    Nov 19, 1979
    Chuck Berry is released from Lompoc Prison in California, after serving 100 days for income tax evasion. Berry titles that have been remade as country hits include: "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
    Dec 31, 1979
    Responding to malpractice charges, Dr. George Nichopolous submits a 14-page document to the Tennessee Board Of Medical Examiners saying many of the 20,000 pills he prescribed to Elvis Presley in a 20-month period were placebos
    Jan 16, 1980
    "I Feel Fine" co-writer Paul McCartney is arrested for possession of marijuana at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. He serves 10 days in jail for the offense
    Jan 19, 1980
    Tennessee's State Board of Medical Examiners suspends Dr. George Nichopolous' license to practice medicine for three months for overprescribing pills for Elvis Presley and nine other patients
    Mar 18, 1980
    A grand jury in Memphis subpoenas Elvis Presley's autopsy as it considers the legality of prescriptions written for the King by Dr. George Nichopolous
    May 16, 1980
    Dr. George Nichopolous is indicted on charges of overprescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other patients
    Jun 16, 1980
    Depositions filed in a Nashville court accuse Epic recording artist Johnny Paycheck of using cocaine during 1978
    Sep 29, 1980
    George Jones' former manager, "Shug" Baggett, receives a three-year prison sentence on cocaine charges



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