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    • Feb 21, 2003
    Folk singer/songwriter Tom Glazer dies in Rochester, New York. The author of "Talking Inflation Blues" and "On Top Of Spaghetti," he also wrote Jean Shepard's 1955 country hit "Take Possession"
    Apr 3, 2003
    R&B songwriter Homer Banks dies of cancer in Memphis. Two of his songs became country hits: "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" for Barbara Mandrell, and "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" for The Oak Ridge Boys
    Apr 22, 2003
    Songwriter Felice Bryant dies of cancer in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Her credits include The Osborne Brothers' "Rocky Top," Roy Clark's "Come Live With Me," The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love" and Ricky Van Shelton's "Hole In My Pocket"
    Jun 20, 2003
    Songwriter Bob Millsap dies at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville two months after surgery for a brain tumor. He wrote the Tommy Overstreet hit "Heaven Is My Woman's Love" and George Jones' "She's My Rock"
    Aug 2, 2003
    Singer/songwriter Redd Stewart dies in St. Matthews, Kentucky. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, his credits include "Soldier's Last Letter," "Slowpoke" and "Tennessee Waltz"
    Aug 22, 2003
    Country Music Hall of Famer Floyd Tillman dies at his home in Bacliff, Texas, of leukemia. Responsible for such songs as "Slipping Around" and "I Love You So Much, It Hurts," he also earned a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Sep 7, 2003
    Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon dies at his Los Angeles home a year after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Best known for his rock hit "Werewolves Of London," he wrote Terri Clark's country success, "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
    Sep 17, 2003
    Singer/songwriter/actor Sheb Wooley dies at Nashville's Skyline Medical Center of leukemia. Known for "The Purple People Eater" and a series of parodies under the name Ben Colder, he wrote the "Hee Haw" theme song
    Nov 17, 2003
    Singer/songwriter Don Gibson dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. Best known for writing such classics as "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Sweet Dreams" and "Oh Lonesome Me," he joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Nov 22, 2003
    Songwriter Vince Matthews dies at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. He authored Gene Watson's first hit, "Love In The Hot Afternoon"



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