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May 26, 2006
Songwriter Cy Coben dies of a heart attack in Redwood City, California. He authored such hits as Eddy Arnold's "I Wanna Play House With You," Jerry Reed's "A Good Woman's Love" and Connie Smith's "Burning A Hole In My Mind"
May 30, 2006
Bobby Harden dies in Nashville. A member of The Harden Trio, he wrote the group's lone hit, 1966's "Tippy Toeing." Among his other songwriting credits: Reba McEntire's "Today All Over Again" and Mark Chesnutt's "Too Cold At Home"
Jul 26, 2006
Blues pianist Floyd Dixon dies of cancer at Chapman Hospital in Orange, California. He wrote "Hey Bartender," a song that became a country hit for Johnny Lee in 1983
Aug 14, 2006
Johnny Duncan dies of a heart attack in a Fort Worth hospital. His career, which included a number of duets with Janie Fricke, peaked with a series of midtempo songs in the 1970s, many with overt sexual themes. He also wrote Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius' "Fools" and three hits by Charley Pride
Aug 29, 2006
Rockabilly performer Jumpin' Gene Simmons dies at Tupelo's North Mississippi Medical Center. A former Sun recording artist, he co-wrote Tim McGraw's first hit single, "Indian Outlaw"
Oct 26, 2006
Multi-talented Tillman Franks dies at the Grace Home hospice in Shreveport, Louisiana. A bass player for several acts on "The Louisiana Hayride," he managed David Houston, Slim Whitman and Johnny Horton, and co-wrote "Sink The Bismarck" and "Honky Tonk Man"
Oct 28, 2006
Marijohn Wilkin dies at the Alive Hospice at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. One of country's first professional female songwriters, her credits included "The Long Black Veil," "P.T. 109," "One Day At A Time" and "Waterloo"
Nov 1, 2006
Producer, songwriter and publisher Buddy Killen dies of liver and pancreatic cancer in Nashville. He produced hits by Exile, T.G. Sheppard and Bill Anderson, and wrote "Watchin' Girls Go By," "I Can't Wait Any Longer" and "I May Never Get To Heaven"
Nov 20, 2006
Movie director Robert Altman dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Best known for such pictures as "M*A*S*H" and "Nashville," he also co-wrote the John Anderson hit "Black Sheep"
Dec 14, 2006
In a coma for the previous six weeks, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun dies in New York from a brain injury suffered at the Beacon Theatre. Ertegun wrote Mickey Gilley's 1977 country hit "Chains Of Love"
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