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Dec 5, 1986
Songwriter Carmol Taylor dies of lung cancer in Brilliant, Alabama. Taylor wrote such hits as George Jones' "The Grand Tour," Tammy Wynette's "My Man" and Joe Stampley's "Red Wine And Blue Memories"
Dec 17, 1986
Songwriter Oakley Haldeman dies in Mesa, Arizona. He co-wrote the Gene Autry hits "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" and "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine." As a music publisher, he represented "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"
Feb 15, 1987
Songwriter and R&B vocalist Jimmy Holiday dies of heart failure at University Hospital in Iowa City. He composed "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" and the Kenny Rogers & Dottie West country hit "All I Ever Need Is You"
Jun 24, 1987
Actor, comedian and dance band leader Jackie Gleason dies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Best known for his role as Ralph Kramden in the 1950s TV series "The Honeymooners," he wrote Jimmy Dean's 1962 country hit "To A Sleeping Beauty"
Jun 25, 1987
Boudleaux Bryant dies of cancer at Knoxville's Baptist Hospital. Bryant was a pioneering Nashville songwriter, whose credits included "Bye Bye Love," "Come Live With Me" and "Hole In My Pocket." He later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jul 1, 1987
Pop songwriter Jerry Livingston dies at his home in Beverly Hills. His career included plenty of movie work, plus country hits with Jim Reeves' "Adios Amigo" and The Hoosier Hot Shots' "She Broke My Heart In Three Places"
Aug 27, 1987
Singer/songwriter Benny Barnes dies in Beaumont, Texas. More than three decades earlier, he scored his lone country hit, "Poor Man's Riches," for the Starday label
Feb 29, 1988
Songwriter Vaughn Horton dies of a heart attack at his home in New Port Richey, Florida. He wrote Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and was a member of The Pinetoppers, who had a country hit with the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill"
Apr 9, 1988
R&B singer Brook Benton dies of pneumonia at New York's Mary Immaculate Hospital. Several of Benton's songs were remade in country, including Hank Williams Jr.'s "Rainy Night In Georgia," Sonny James' "Endlessly" and Randy Travis' "It's Just A Matter Of Time"
May 1, 1988
Songwriter Claude DeMetrius dies in New York City. He wrote Elvis Presley's "Hard Headed Woman" and "I Was The One," plus Marvin Rainwater's "Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You)"
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