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Aug 16, 1985
Carl Perkins' blue suede shoes are stolen from his tour bus while it's parked outside a Memphis theater where he's performing
Oct 23, 1985
Merle Watson dies in a North Carolina tractor accident. The son of Doc Watson, he played banjo and guitar with his influential father from 1964 until his death
Oct 29, 1985
Barbara Mandrell appears in a series of spots encouraging Americans to "buckle up" for safety. Mandrell stands next to the mangled silver 1982 Jaguar she was driving in a near-fatal accident in September 1984
Jan 29, 1986
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins has an alcohol-related car accident in Jacksonville, Florida, killing his girlfriend and paralyzing him below the neck. He pleads no contest to manslaughter charges
Jun 25, 1986
Jenifer Strait, the 13-year-old daughter of George Strait, dies in an auto accident. She is a passenger in a car, driven by a teenage friend, that rolls over during a left turn in San Marcos, Texas
Jul 4, 1986
T.G. Sheppard sings the national anthem at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida before NASCAR's Firecracker 400, won by Tim Richmond
Aug 17, 1986
Ricky Skaggs' son, Andrew, is shot in the neck by a truck driver, Edward Duehring, after the boy's mother, Brenda, passed Duehring's tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 near Troutville, Virginia. Duehring felt she cut back into his lane too soon
Sep 4, 1986
"Midnight Rider" songwriter Gregg Allman is arrested in Florida on drunk-driving charges, just months after a five-year suspension of his license had ended
Oct 25, 1986
Mark Knopfler breaks his collarbone in a celebrity race before the Australian Grand Prix. The Dire Straits guitarist finds success as a country songwriter when his songs are covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Highway 101 and John Anderson
Apr 10, 1987
Lee Greenwood is unable to sing the national anthem, as scheduled, when he's caught in traffic in Boston. The Toronto Blue Jays spoil the Red Sox' home opener at Fenway Park, 10-5
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