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    • Mar 16, 1996
    Bill Monroe is rushed to Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where doctors determine he's had two strokes since February. He remains hospitalized until his death in September
    Apr 2, 1996
    MCA releases Vince Gill's single "High Lonesome Sound"
    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
    Sep 9, 1996
    Bill Monroe dies at Northcrest Medical Center in Springfield, Tennessee, five months after suffering a stroke. Acknowledged as the "Father of Bluegrass," he joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1939 and entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Sep 11, 1996
    More than 2,000 people attend a memorial service for Bill Monroe at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, with performances by Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless and Connie Smith
    Sep 12, 1996
    Bill Monroe is buried in Rosine, Kentucky, as Ricky Skaggs sings "Amazing Grace" and Ralph Stanley delivers "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
    Oct 15, 1996
    Earl Scruggs has hip replacement surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, then suffers a heart attack, requiring quintuple bypass surgery
    Oct 15, 1996
    Sugar Hill releases the tribute album "True Life Blues: The Songs Of Bill Monroe," produced by Todd Phillips
    Oct 25, 1996
    Ricky Skaggs is given the keys to Bill Monroe's former locker backstage at the Grand Ole Opry House
    Nov 9, 1996
    The Country Music Foundation throws a reception in Nashville to honor Ralph Stanley's 50th anniversary in music



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