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    • Jun 18, 1998
    Songwriter Edward Eliscu dies in Newtown, Connecticut. Nearly 15 years prior, Willie Nelson earned a country hit by covering Eliscu's classic "Without A Song"
    Jul 12, 1998
    Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood dies of heart failure at a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Briefly a member of the Grand Ole Opry, he is best remembered for writing Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" and Eddy Arnold's "Tennessee Stud"
    Jul 15, 1998
    Actor and songwriter Hal Southern dies in Vista, California, from diabetes-related causes. He appeared in such movies as "Blazing Saddles" and "The Shakiest Gun In The West," and co-wrote Tex Ritter's "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven"
    Aug 3, 1998
    Songwriter Tommy Faile dies in Gaston County, North Carolina. He authored the Red Sovine hit "Phantom 309"
    Aug 29, 1998
    Rockabilly performer Charlie Feathers dies at Memphis' St. Francis Hospital. He wrote Elvis Presley's early hit "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"
    Sep 8, 1998
    Songwriter Dick Heard dies of cancer in Little Rock, Arkansas. He co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain" and Mel Street's "Smokey Mountain Memories," and worked at GRT Records, which released records by Alabama and Ronnie McDowell
    Dec 25, 1998
    Guitarist/songwriter Bryan MacLean dies of a heart attack suffered at a restaurant in Los Angeles. MacLean penned "Don't Toss Us Away," an album cut for his former band, Lone Justice. The song was also a 1989 country hit for Patty Loveless
    Feb 7, 1999
    "Route 66" songwriter Bobby Troup dies of a heart attack in Sherman Oaks, California. An Asleep At The Wheel performance of his song was nominated for a Grammy in 1977
    Mar 4, 1999
    Silver screen cowboy Eddie Dean dies of emphysema in Westlake Village, California. An actor in numerous western movies, he wrote Tex Ritter's "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" and Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
    Mar 9, 1999
    Songwriter Mike Anthony dies at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center, a month after suffering both a heart attack and a stroke. He was responsible for John Michael Montgomery's "I Miss You A Little"



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