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Feb 10, 1957
"Little House On The Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder dies in Mansfield, Missouri, following a battle with diabetes. She's referenced in 2005 in the lyrics of Jason Aldean's first hit, "Hicktown"
Dec 16, 1974
"Hee Haw" star Junior Samples is hospitalized in Tucker, Georgia, with a diabetic condition and high cholesterol. By year-end, he drops from 318 pounds to 292
Aug 8, 1977
Mary Ford is admitted to Arcadia Methodist Hospital in California in a coma, caused by a negative reaction to insulin taken for her diabetes
Sep 30, 1977
Mary Ford dies in a diabetic coma at California's Arcadia Methodist Hospital. During her marriage to guitarist Les Paul, they earned more than 40 pop hits, including 1951's "Mockin' Bird Hill," which also became a country success
Aug 14, 1992
Vocalist Tony Williams dies of diabetes and emphysema in New York. He sang lead for The Platters on their 1950s classic "Only You (And You Alone)," successfully remade as a 1980s country record by Reba McEntire
Aug 24, 1992
Drummer Larrie Londin dies in Nashville two months after slipping into a diabetic coma. His credits include Merle Haggard's "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink," plus recordings by Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings
Aug 28, 1993
Songwriter Bernie Baum dies in Yonkers, New York, of complications from diabetes. He wrote The Everly Brothers' "That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)" and Elvis Presley's "(You're The) Devil In Disguise"
Oct 11, 1995
Kix Brooks beats duet partner Ronnie Dunn at the Mark Collie Celebrity Race for Diabetes at the Nashville Speedway. Also on the track: Tim Rushlow, Billy Ray Cyrus, Faith Hill, T. Graham Brown, Tanya Tucker and Tracy Lawrence
Jun 15, 1996
Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald dies of diabetes in Beverly Hills, California. She made one brief appearance in the Top 10 of the Billboard country chart, with her 1944 single "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street"
Jul 29, 1996
Oliver "Mooney" Lynn, the husband of Loretta Lynn, is released from the hospital, days after having his right foot amputated, part of an ongoing battle with diabetes
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