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    • Dec 10, 1964
    Soul singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at Los Angeles' Hacienda Motel. Two of his songs are later remade as country hits: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
    Apr 4, 1968
    Martin Luther King Jr. is killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Expected riots force the cancellation that weekend of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time since 1928
    Apr 18, 1968
    A friend accidentally shoots Roger Miller in the left hand with an air pistol in his Los Angeles home. It takes 90 minutes for doctors to remove the pellet, delaying a promotional trip to London
    Aug 20, 1969
    "Honky Tonk Women" songwriter Mick Jagger's right hand is injured during filming for the movie "Ned Kelly" in Bungendore, Australia. He undergoes nine hours of surgery to have shrapnel removed after a gun loaded with blanks backfired
    May 4, 1970
    Joe Walsh, a future member of The Eagles, watches police gun down four students at Kent State University in Ohio
    Aug 28, 1970
    Following a threatening phone call and a follow-up tip, Elvis Presley's entourage is told of a plot to kill The King during his Las Vegas performance that evening. Presley takes the stage with a gun in each boot, but the threat never materializes
    Sep 1, 1970
    Elvis Presley is made a special deputy in the state of Tennessee, a designation that allows him to carry firearms legally
    Feb 15, 1973
    Jan Howard's son, David Howard, commits suicide using her handgun in his Nashville bedroom, just hours after promising he would enroll in a rehabilitation center to battle his drug abuse
    Nov 27, 1973
    Hank Snow's guitar player, Jimmy Widener, is robbed and shot to death in Nashville. Widener also played banjo for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1950, appearing on "Faded Love," among other recordings
    Dec 25, 1973
    Carl Perkins' brother, Clayton, commits suicide with a .22 caliber handgun in Jackson, Tennessee. Clayton played bass on "Blue Suede Shoes"



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