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    • Feb 10, 1966
    Songwriter Billy Rose dies of pneumonia in Jamaica. His compositions include "Barney Google," "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" and "Without A Song," a 1984 country hit for Willie Nelson
    Oct 4, 1969
    Stoney Cooper checks in at Nashville's Baptist Hospital with pneumonia
    Oct 15, 1973
    Elvis Presley begins a two-week stay at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis with breathing problems. He is publicly said to have pneumonia, though he is actually addicted to Demerol
    Jun 25, 1975
    Roy Clark is hospitalized in Nashville with bronchial pneumonia
    Jul 24, 1975
    Merle Haggard cancels three Texas shows, citing bronchitis
    Nov 8, 1976
    Tammy Wynette checks in to Westminster Hospital in London for bronchitis
    Dec 27, 1978
    Bob Luman dies in Nashville from pneumonia. He developed a career that teetered between country and rockabilly, earning five hits from 1960-1974, topped by "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers." He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1965
    Jul 10, 1980
    Guitarist Burt Hutcherson dies from pneumonia in Nashville. He was a member of The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that worked the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 until the 1970s, and became the first act contracted by Victor Records to hold a recording session in Nashville
    Aug 17, 1981
    Willie Nelson suffers a collapsed lung while swimming in Hawaii
    Jan 23, 1983
    Kitty Wells and daughter Sue Sturdivant check in at Nashville's Memorial Hospital for tests and share a room. Wells has a lingering case of asthma



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