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Apr 1, 1999
Songwriter Jesse Stone dies in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Responsible for "Shake, Rattle And Roll," he also wrote "Don't Let Go," a pop hit for both Roy Hamilton and Isaac Hayes, and a 1974 country hit for Mel Tillis & Sherry Bryce
May 10, 1999
Songwriter Shel Silverstein is found dead at his Key West, Florida, home following a heart attack. The multi-talented cartoonist and author wrote Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," Bobby Bare's "Marie Laveau" and Loretta Lynn's "One's On The Way"
Oct 2, 1999
Songwriter Danny Mayo is found dead of a diabetes-related heart attack on his 49th birthday at a Ramada Inn in Nashville. Mayo wrote Tracy Byrd's "The Keeper Of The Stars," Pirates Of The Mississippi's "Feed Jake" and Alabama's "If I Had You"
Oct 4, 1999
Songwriter A.L. "Doodle" Owens dies in Nashville, 15 days after his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His credits included hits by George Jones, Charley Pride, Doug Stone, Connie Smith and Moe Bandy
Oct 15, 1999
Songwriter Terry Gilkyson dies in Austin, Texas. He wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1950 hit "The Cry Of The Wild Goose"
Oct 17, 1999
Songwriter Tommy Durden, who co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel," dies of cancer at his home in Houghton Lake, Michigan
Oct 26, 1999
Hoyt Axton dies in Victor, Montana, following several heart attacks. The son of "Heartbreak Hotel" writer Mae Boren Axton, the singer/songwriter earned two country hits in 1974 and wrote pop hits for Three Dog Night, Ringo Starr and Steppenwolf
Nov 8, 1999
Gwen Gordy dies of cancer at her San Diego home. She was a co-writer on the Jackie Wilson R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which found new life in country music when Narvel Felts remade it in 1976
Dec 20, 1999
Hank Snow dies in Nashville. The Canadian-born singer, best known for his recording "I'm Moving On," was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1979. He dies just two weeks short of his 50th anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry
Mar 14, 2000
Singer/songwriter Tommy Collins dies in Ashland City, Tennessee, of emphysema. In addition to his own recordings, he wrote hits for Merle Haggard and Faron Young on his way to membership in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
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