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    • Feb 27, 2009
    Disc jockey Lewis Compton dies in Martinsville, West Virginia. He wrote Hank Thompson's 1958 hit "I've Run Out Of Tomorrows"
    Mar 2, 2009
    Grand Ole Opry member Ernie Ashworth dies at the Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, Tennessee. Among a handful of hits, he registered a #1 single with "Talk Back Trembling Lips"
    Mar 17, 2009
    Songwriter and steel guitarist Bill D. Johnson dies in Tallassee, Alabama. He wrote Stonewall Jackson's "A Wound Time Can't Erase" and the Marty Robbins single "The Best Part Of Living"
    Mar 21, 2009
    R&B songwriter Ted Jarrett dies of liver failure at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He authored Webb Pierce's 1955 country hit "Love, Love, Love"
    Apr 1, 2009
    Alt-country artist Duane Jarvis dies of colon cancer at his home in Marina del Rey, California. A road musician for Dwight Yoakam and John Prine, he authored "Still I Long For Your Kiss," a Lucinda Williams song in the movie "The Horse Whisperer"
    Jun 24, 2009
    Songwriter Tim Krekel dies at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, of abdominal cancer. A former Jimmy Buffett band member, he wrote Crystal Gayle's "Turning Away" and Patty Loveless' "You Can Feel Bad"
    Aug 6, 2009
    Songwriter/guitarist/producer Otha Young dies of cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Juice Newton's musical partner wrote "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)," The Forester Sisters' "Don't You" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
    Aug 26, 2009
    Ellie Greenwich dies of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she co-wrote "Be My Baby," a classic pop song remade as a 1972 country hit by Jody Miller
    Oct 31, 2009
    Faron Young's former manager, Billy Deaton, dies in Nashville. He wrote Young's hit "Wine Me Up" as well as Rusty & Doug's "Louisiana Man"
    Nov 22, 2009
    Songwriter Cliff Crofford dies in Ontario, California. He penned Mel Tillis' "Send Me Down To Tucson," Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood's "Bar Room Buddies" and David Frizzell & Shelly West's "A Texas State Of Mind"



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