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Feb 17, 1998
Pop songwriter Bob Merrill dies of a self-inflicted gunshot in his car in Culver City, California. He wrote rockabilly singer Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" and Ernest Tubb's "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry"
Feb 27, 1998
The divorce between Pam Tillis and songwriter Bob DiPiero is finalized in Nashville. He pays her $225,000 to retain possession of the house
Mar 22, 1998
The Diane Warren song "How Do I Live" and "Fire Down Below," written by Steven Seagal and Mark Collie, lose out to the score of "The Postman" during the 18th annual Razzie awards at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles
Apr 3, 1998
Songwriter Jimmie Crane dies in his sleep in Rhode Island. He composed the Margo Smith hit "If I Give My Heart To You" as well as "Hurt," successful on the country charts for Elvis Presley, Connie Cato and Juice Newton
Apr 17, 1998
The Nashville Songwriters Association International hails "Something That We Do," written by Clint Black and Skip Ewing, as the Song of the Year
May 7, 1998
Eddie Rabbitt dies from lung cancer at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, leaving behind a string of pop crossover successes, including "I Love A Rainy Night," "Drivin' My Life Away," "Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight" and "Suspicions"
Jun 7, 1998
Songwriter Jerry Capehart dies of brain cancer at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was a co-writer of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," which found success in country music in 1994, when Alan Jackson revitalized it
Jun 7, 1998
Songwriter Wally Gold dies of colitis at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey. He wrote a pair of Elvis Presley hits: "It's Now Or Never" and "Good Luck Charm"
Jun 10, 1998
Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony in New York. Their seminal rock & roll song "Ain't That A Shame" was revived in the country charts by Hank Williams Jr. in 1972
Jun 18, 1998
Songwriter Edward Eliscu dies in Newtown, Connecticut. Nearly 15 years prior, Willie Nelson earned a country hit by covering Eliscu's classic "Without A Song"
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