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Jun 1, 1986
Tioga, Texas, renames South Main Street as Gene Autry Drive
Jul 17, 1986
Gene Autry is hospitalized at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, California, after he breaks his hip in a fall outside of a local courthouse
Jul 18, 1986
Gene Autry is transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California, where he undergoes surgery for a broken hip
Nov 14, 1986
Fiddler Carl Cotner dies of cancer at home in Buena Park, California. Gene Autry's longtime musical arranger, he played on Autry's version of "You Are My Sunshine" and on Jimmy Wakely's "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
Nov 21, 1986
Marty Robbins' "Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs" receives a platinum album from the Recording Industry Association of America
Dec 17, 1986
Songwriter Oakley Haldeman dies in Mesa, Arizona. He co-wrote the Gene Autry hits "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" and "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine." As a music publisher, he represented "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"
Jan 16, 1987
Art Davis dies. He briefly held a career as a singing cowboy in movies, but was more successful as a fiddler, playing on Bill Boyd's "Under The Double Eagle"
Jan 25, 1987
"(Ghost) Riders In The Sky," "Bonanza," "Footloose" and "Over The Rainbow" are played by the marching band during a Super Bowl XXI halftime show that features George Burns at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Neil Diamond sings the national anthem. The New York Giants defeat the Denver Broncos, 39-20
Feb 19, 1987
Willie Nelson's movie "Red Headed Stranger" premieres in Austin. Among those attending: Morgan Fairchild, Floyd Tillman and football coach Darrell Royal
Mar 2, 1987
Whatever happened to Randolph Scott? The western film star--and friend of The Statler Brothers--dies in his home in Beverly Hills at age 89. The Statlers had paid tribute to the actor with their 1974 single "Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott"
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