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    • Jun 23, 1972
    Elton Britt dies from a heart attack in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. A long-shot candidate for president in 1960, he earned acclaim for his World War II hit "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
    Aug 2, 1972
    Skeeter Davis' father, James Penick, has the first of two heart attacks. He survives another 17 years
    Sep 12, 1972
    Actor William Boyd dies of heart failure related to Parkinson's disease in Laguna Beach, California. He's best known for his role as silver-screen cowboy Hopalong Cassidy, recognized in the 1974 Roy Rogers hit "Hoppy, Gene And Me"
    Oct 4, 1972
    Skeeter Davis' father, James Penick, has his second heart attack in two months. He lives another 17 years
    Apr 8, 1973
    Surrealist painter Pablo Picasso dies of heart failure in Mougins, France. He's namechecked in Trick Pony's 2001 country single "Just What I Do"
    Apr 12, 1973
    Movie producer Arthur Freed dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for such films as "Annie Get Your Gun," "Gigi" and "Easter Parade," he also co-wrote "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)," a 1947 country hit for Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
    Oct 3, 1973
    Bass vocalist Jim "Big Chief" Wetherington dies of a heart attack in his room at Nashville's Ramada Inn. Wetherington appeared on The Statesmen Quartet's "This Ole House," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 20, 1973
    Pop singer Bobby Darin dies of heart failure at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His "Splish Splash" crossed into the country charts, and his "Dream Lover" was remade as a country hit by Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Aug 30, 1974
    Steel guitar player Noel Boggs dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He earned acclaim for his work on recordings by Bob Wills, Merle Travis, Jimmy Wakely and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Dec 15, 1974
    Guitarist Sid Manker dies of a heart attack. During work with Sun Records, he appeared on Bill Justis' "Raunchy" and Johnny Cash's "Home Of The Blues"



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