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Feb 29, 1996
Songwriter Wes Farrell dies in Fisher Island, Florida. The author of several Partridge Family hits, Farrell also wrote Jay & The Americans' "Come A Little Bit Closer," a country hit for Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Mar 17, 1996
Songwriter Terry Stafford dies in Amarillo, Texas. His credits include Buck Owens' "Big In Vegas" and George Strait's "Amarillo By Morning"
Mar 23, 1996
Songwriter J.D. Miller dies in Lafayette, Louisiana, following quadruple bypass surgery. He wrote Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" and Jimmy C. Newman's first hit, "Cry, Cry Darling"
Apr 22, 1996
Songwriter Fred Kirby dies in his sleep at his home in Indian Trail, North Carolina. He authored The Buchanan Brothers' nuclear-fueled 1946 hit "Atomic Power"
May 11, 1996
A ValuJet flight crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing more than 100 people, including country singer/songwriter Walter Hyatt, a musical compadre of David Ball and Lyle Lovett
Jun 13, 1996
Songwriter Keith Palmer dies of cancer at his home in White House, Tennessee. His credits included Reba McEntire's "For My Broken Heart" and Johnny Rodriguez' "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)"
Jul 4, 1996
Arlie Duff dies while playing golf in Waterbury, Connecticut. Duff recorded his lone country hit in 1953 after writing the country anthem "Y'all Come." He also wrote Sonny James' "It's The Little Things"
Aug 15, 1996
Actor/songwriter Joe Seneca dies in New York City of coronary arrest. He wrote "Talk To Me" and "Break It To Me Gently," pop songs remade as country hits for Mickey Gilley and Juice Newton
Oct 6, 1996
Singer/songwriter Ted Daffan dies from cancer in Houston, Texas. His recording legacy includes such 1940s classics as "Born To Lose," "No Letter Today" and "Headin' Down The Wrong Highway"
Oct 8, 1996
Songwriter Carl Stutz dies in Richmond, Virginia. He was a co-writer of "Little Things Mean A Lot," a 1978 country hit for Margo Smith
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