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Dec 29, 1980
Two men try to kill songwriter Gary S. Paxton, who produced hits for Vern Gosdin. One of the men tells police a country figure recruited them to do the job. Paxton believes Gosdin was responsible
Jan 12, 1981
Dr. George Nichopolous fires his four lawyers, who want him to plead guilty to overprescribing drugs for Elvis Presley
Mar 18, 1981
Songwriter/producer Gary Paxton identifies two men who tried to kill him in December. Paxton produced seven of Vern Gosdin's early hits. He also wrote Don Gibson's "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" and Roy Clark's "Honeymoon Feelin'"
May 20, 1981
An obsessive fan begins stalking Bob Dylan, trespassing on his property 19 times in the next month and issuing death threats to his entourage. Dylan is destined for a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jun 21, 1981
An obsessive fan calls one of Bob Dylan's ex-girlfriends to warn that she'll be killed. The caller, who claims to be Dylan's wife, is prohibited by the courts from harassing Dylan, who authored the Judy Rodman hit "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
Jul 14, 1981
Some $175,000 worth of sound equipment and instruments is stolen from Merle Haggard prior to a show in Houston. He borrows gear for the concert; most of the equipment is recovered the next day when the thief tries to sell it at a pawn shop
Nov 3, 1981
In his third day on the witness stand, Dr. George Nichopolous details Elvis Presley's drug habit, which routinely included 25 dosages of drugs and medications per day
Nov 4, 1981
Dr. George Nichopolous is acquitted in Memphis on 11 charges of overprescribing drugs to nine patients, including Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis
Dec 13, 1981
Following an afternoon concert for 1,500 inmates at the Missouri State Penitentiary, Johnny Paycheck is arrested in Jefferson City, Missouri, and jailed for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl in Wyoming
Dec 21, 1981
Three armed intruders break into Johnny Cash's home in Jamaica and take $35,000 in cash and jewelry, plus a car and the evening meal. During the robbery, they hold a gun to the head of Cash's son, John Carter, then lock the family in the wine cellar
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