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    • Oct 23, 1985
    David Crosby, formerly of The Byrds, is arrested in Mill Valley, California, after crashing into a fence. He's charged with hit and run, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia
    Dec 12, 1985
    David Crosby, tormented by a string of arrests and disappearances, surrenders to the FBI in West Palm Beach, where he's jailed overnight. Crosby was a founding member of The Byrds, a leading act in the growth of country-rock
    Jan 29, 1986
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins has an alcohol-related car accident in Jacksonville, Florida, killing his girlfriend and paralyzing him below the neck. He pleads no contest to manslaughter charges
    Feb 4, 1986
    An official report on Rick Nelson's fatal New Year's Eve plane crash indicates his blood contained traces of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. Another report will later overturn that assessment
    Aug 22, 1986
    David Crosby, whose original band The Byrds had a huge influence on the development of country-rock, is released from a Houston rehab center where he's been treated for cocaine addiction
    Sep 4, 1986
    "Midnight Rider" songwriter Gregg Allman is arrested in Florida on drunk-driving charges, just months after a five-year suspension of his license had ended
    Nov 4, 1986
    Tammy Wynette enters the Betty Ford Clinic with an addiction to painkillers
    Nov 15, 1986
    Johnny Cash writes a personal note in Las Vegas to Tammy Wynette to show support while she undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center. The note appears for sale on eBay in 2006
    Dec 2, 1986
    Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, with an addiction to painkillers
    Dec 10, 1986
    Jerry Lee Lewis checks out of the Betty Ford Center before his treatment is completed and returns to Memphis, vowing to "stay clean and drug-free." Lewis didn't like the rules at the center



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