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    • Mar 20, 2006
    Former Country Music Association awards nominee Sheryl Crow makes her first public appearance since undergoing surgery for breast cancer, attending a Los Angeles show by the rock band The Pretenders
    Mar 29, 2006
    Songwriter Penny Jay dies of cancer in Nashville, Arkansas. She wrote Carl & Pearl Butler's 1962 hit "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
    Apr 11, 2006
    June Pointer, of the pop and R&B group The Pointer Sisters, dies of cancer at the Santa Monica University Medical Center in California. The group nabbed a Grammy award in the country category in 1975 for its performance of "Fairytale"
    Apr 23, 2006
    Capricorn Records founder Phil Walden dies in his Atlanta home following a long bout with cancer. As a record executive and manager, he played a role in the careers of Charlie Daniels, Kenny Chesney, Otis Redding and The Allman Brothers Band
    May 2, 2006
    Artist manager Eddie Tickner dies of leukemia in Tucson, Arizona. He handled the careers of The Byrds, Emmylou Harris, Vern Gosdin, Gram Parsons and The Burrito Brothers, among others
    May 5, 2006
    Yvonne Chesney dies of brain cancer in East Tennessee. Her stepson, Kenny Chesney, is an honorary pallbearer for her burial, two days later
    Jun 25, 2006
    Record producer Arif Mardin dies of pancreatic cancer in New York. Noted for his work with Aretha Franklin, The Bee Gees and Chaka Khan, he also produced Willie Nelson's "Uncloudy Day"
    Jul 9, 2006
    Milan Williams, keyboard player for the R&B band The Commodores, dies of cancer at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. The band's 1978 pop hit "Three Times A Lady" became a country hit for Conway Twitty in the 1980s
    Jul 17, 2006
    A post on Freddy Fender's website indicates the Tex-Mex singer is undergoing chemotherapy to treat lung cancer
    Jul 26, 2006
    Blues pianist Floyd Dixon dies of cancer at Chapman Hospital in Orange, California. He wrote "Hey Bartender," a song that became a country hit for Johnny Lee in 1983



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