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    • Jun 7, 1996
    Banjo player Courtney Johnson dies of lung cancer in Glasgow, Kentucky. He was an original member of the groundbreaking New Grass Revival
    Jun 13, 1996
    Songwriter Keith Palmer dies of cancer at his home in White House, Tennessee. His credits included Reba McEntire's "For My Broken Heart" and Johnny Rodriguez' "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)"
    Jul 14, 1996
    Guitarist Randy Bethune dies of cancer at Summit Medical Center in Nashville. He worked for five years as a member of Bill Anderson's Po' Folks road band
    Jul 31, 1996
    Jay Lee Webb dies of pancreatic cancer at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The brother of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle, he traveled as a band member with Buck Owens, Ferlin Husky and Slim Whitman
    Aug 11, 1996
    Following a struggle with cancer, drummer Mel Taylor dies of heart failure in Tarzana, California. A longtime member of the pop instrumental group The Ventures, he also played on two Buck Owens hits: "Together Again" and "My Heart Skips A Beat"
    Oct 4, 1996
    Fiddler Jerry Rivers dies at Nashville's Summit Medical Center of cancer. A member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys from 1949-1951, he played on such classics as "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Cold, Cold Heart"
    Jan 5, 1997
    Pop songwriter Burton Lane dies of lung cancer in New York City. He authored "Look To The Rainbow" and "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever," plus Jo Stafford's 1947 country hit "Feudin' And Fightin'"
    Mar 1, 1997
    Skeeter Davis has her final chemotherapy session, in her second battle with cancer
    Apr 9, 1997
    Eddie Rabbitt's associates confirm that the singer has taken radiation treatments since early March for lung cancer
    May 22, 1997
    Doctors remove 15% of Eddie Rabbitt's left lung during surgery for cancer



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