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    • Apr 3, 1950
    Pop songwriter Kurt Weill dies of a heart attack in New York. Two of his songs find new life after his passing: Bobby Darin's recording of "Mack The Knife" and Willie Nelson's version of "September Song"
    Jun 9, 1950
    Pop songwriter Joe Burke dies of a heart attack in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The author of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" and "Rambling Rose," he also wrote the 1925 hit "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," destined to be a 1979 country duet for Deborah Allen and Jim Reeves
    May 8, 1952
    Western-swing vocalist Leon Huff dies of a heart attack near Eufaula, Oklahoma, while riding Johnnie Lee Wills' bus. He sang with Bob Wills and The Light Crust Doughboys, in addition to Johnnie Lee
    Dec 2, 1952
    Attorneys for Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman ask a judge to delay a copyright suit filed by an Ohio woman who claims "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" infringes on her "Sleepy-Town Journey." Haldeman, say the lawyers, is recovering from a heart attack
    Jul 2, 1954
    Guitarist Paul Warmack dies of a heart attack at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He was the leader of The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry in 1927, and would continue an Opry association until the 1970s
    Aug 17, 1954
    Pop singer Billy Murray dies of a heart attack at Jones Beach, New York. Fifteen years later, his 1916 hit "Are You From Dixie (Cause I'm From Dixie Too)" is reprised as a country single by Jerry Reed
    Apr 13, 1956
    The Los Angeles Times reports Spade Cooley has suffered a minor heart attack. He's expected to be back on KTLA-TV for "The Spade Cooley Show" the following evening
    Apr 29, 1957
    Vaudeville actress Belle Baker dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. She had been married to songwriter Maurice Abrahams, the author of the 1947 Eddy Howard country hit "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
    Jul 18, 1958
    Bud Hobbs dies of a heart attack at age 38 in Bakersfield, California. The leader of a dance band, The Trailer Herders, he earned three country hits during the prior decade
    Sep 12, 1958
    Rod Brasfield dies of a heart attack at his Nashville home. Brasfield had been a Grand Ole Opry comedian since 1947, and gave Hank Williams Jr. his "Bocephus" nickname. Brasfield posthumously enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1987



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