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Sep 16, 1999

Singer/songwriter John Prine confirms in The Tennessean that he had an operation for cancer in January 1998. The critically acclaimed performer wrote the Don Williams hit "Love Is On A Roll" and George Strait's "I Just Want To Dance With You"

Sep 19, 1999

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts Tommy Collins ("The Roots Of My Raising"), Wayne Kemp ("The Fireman"), Glenn Sutton ("Almost Persuaded") and A.L. "Doodle" Owens ("Wine Colored Roses")

Sep 21, 1999

The U.S. Postal Service issues six stamps that pay homage to Broadway songwriters, including several who had hits and significant recordings by country artists: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Frank Loesser, Meredith Willson and George & Ira Gershwin

Oct 2, 1999

Songwriter Danny Mayo is found dead of a diabetes-related heart attack on his 49th birthday at a Ramada Inn in Nashville. Mayo wrote Tracy Byrd's "The Keeper Of The Stars," Pirates Of The Mississippi's "Feed Jake" and Alabama's "If I Had You"

Oct 4, 1999

Songwriter A.L. "Doodle" Owens dies in Nashville, 15 days after his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His credits included hits by George Jones, Charley Pride, Doug Stone, Connie Smith and Moe Bandy

Oct 15, 1999

Songwriter Terry Gilkyson dies in Austin, Texas. He wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1950 hit "The Cry Of The Wild Goose"

Oct 17, 1999

Songwriter Tommy Durden, who co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel," dies of cancer at his home in Houghton Lake, Michigan

Oct 19, 1999

Songwriter Roxie Dean marries Kyle T. Jones. She scores hits with Jamie O'Neal's "When I Think About Angels," Reba McEntire's "My Sister" and Lee Ann Womack's "Why They Call It Falling"

Oct 26, 1999

Hoyt Axton dies in Victor, Montana, following several heart attacks. The son of "Heartbreak Hotel" writer Mae Boren Axton, the singer/songwriter earned two country hits in 1974 and wrote pop hits for Three Dog Night, Ringo Starr and Steppenwolf

Nov 6, 1999

Stuart Hamblen and songwriter Billy Hill, who authored "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)," are added to the Western Music Association Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the InnSuites Hotel in Tucson, Arizona

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