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    • Dec 12, 2016
    Former New York disc jockey Jim Lowe dies at his home in East Hampton, New York. He earned a pop hit as an artist with "The Green Door" and a Top 10 country single with "Talkin' To The Blues." He also penned the Rusty Draper hit "Gambler's Guitar"
    Dec 19, 2016
    Songwriter Andrew Dorff dies. He authored Blake Shelton's "Neon Light," Ronnie Dunn's "Bleed Red" and Kenny Chesney's "Save It For A Rainy Day"
    Dec 27, 2016
    Songwriter Billy Joe Burnette dies of a heart attack outside his home in Port Orange, Florida. He was a co-writer of Red Sovine's 1976 hit "Teddy Bear"
    Mar 18, 2017
    Rock pioneer Chuck Berry dies in St. Louis. As a songwriter, he enjoyed country hits with Buck Owens' "Johnny B. Goode," Emmylou Harris' "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie," George Jones & Johnny Paycheck's "Mabellene" and Waylon Jennings' "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
    May 27, 2017
    Gregg Allman dies at his home in Savannah, Georgia. A co-founder of The Allman Brothers Band, he authored "Midnight Rider," which became a country hit after Willie Nelson covered it for the movie "The Electric Horseman"
    Jun 8, 2017
    Songwriter/producer Norro Wilson dies in Nashville. He authored George Jones' "The Grand Tour," Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl" and Tammy Wynette's "Another Lonely Song." Wilson produced hits for Reba McEntire, Kenny Chesney, Joe Stampley and Charley Pride
    Jul 7, 2017
    Songwriter Earl Clark dies in Smyrna, Tennessee. He authored the Tracy Lawrence hits "Can't Break It To My Heart" and "Renegades, Rebels And Rogues"
    Jul 18, 2017
    Songwriter/actor Red West dies at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis of an aortic aneurysm. Formerly a member of Elvis Presley's "Memphis Mafia," he wrote The King's hits "Separate Ways" and "If You Talk In Your Sleep"
    Jul 21, 2017
    "I've Been Everywhere" songwriter Geoff Mack dies in Australia
    Jul 25, 2017
    Songwriter/producer/guitarist Billy Joe Walker Jr. dies in Kerrville, Texas. He wrote Eddie Rabbitt's "I Wanna Dance With You," produced country hits for Travis Tritt and Bryan White, and played on singles by George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis and Martina McBride



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