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    • Apr 4, 2000
    Songwriter Joe Rock dies following heart surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. He wrote the pop classic "Since I Don't Have You," which Ronnie Milsap turned into a country hit in 1991
    Apr 7, 2000
    Jack Nance, the author of "It's Only Make Believe," dies of lung cancer at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The song was a pop hit for Conway Twitty, and a country hit for Ronnie McDowell
    Aug 2, 2000
    Songwriter Gilles Thibault dies in Paris, France. He co-wrote "Comme D'Habitude," which Paul Anka revised as "My Way," a Frank Sinatra signature that became a posthumous country hit for Elvis Presley in 1978
    Sep 3, 2000
    Accordion player and songwriter Ernie Benedict dies. He formed a group called The Polkateers, earning a hit in 1949 with "Over Three Hills." He also wrote the Ernest Tubb/Andrews Sisters success "I'm Biting My Fingernails And Thinking Of You"
    Sep 26, 2000
    Pop songwriter Carl Sigman dies in Manhasset, New York. He authored such familiar titles as "The Theme To 'Love Story,'" "Pennsylvania 6-5000" and "It's All In The Game," remade as a country hit by Tom T. Hall in 1977
    Oct 30, 2000
    TV personality Steve Allen dies just hours after a car accident in Encino, California. Fifty years prior, he had success as a songwriter on the Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely country hit "Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning)"
    Nov 5, 2000
    Jimmie Davis dies in his sleep at home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Country music's first centenarian, Davis was twice governor of Louisiana, but made his mark in music with "You Are My Sunshine," earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 26, 2000
    Songwriter Johnny Hathcock dies in Amarillo, Texas. His credits include Jim Reeves' "Welcome To My World" and Hank Thompson's "Wake Up, Irene"
    Feb 1, 2001
    Songwriter John Jarrard dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville from reactions to an administered drug. Despite a lengthy battle with diabetes, he wrote such hits as Diamond Rio's "Mirror Mirror," George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky" and Tracy Lawrence's "Is That A Tear"
    Feb 2, 2001
    Songwriter Hal Blair dies at his home in Biggs, California. His credits include: Elvis Presley's "I Was The One," Hank Snow's "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)" and Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling "



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