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    • Apr 6, 1961
    Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack, three days after strangling and beating his wife to death. As a result, he's transferred from Bakersfield's Kern County Jail to Kern County General Hospital
    May 23, 1961
    Gene Autry is arrested in North Hollywood and charged with drunk driving after failing a field sobriety test. He's released on $263 bail
    May 27, 1961
    Johnny Cash has a guest acting part on NBC's "The Deputy," featuring Henry Fonda
    Jul 1, 1961
    "Buffalo Gun" debuts in movie theaters. The picture stars Marty Robbins, Webb Pierce and Carl Smith
    Jul 10, 1961
    Spade Cooley's murder trial, in which he's accused of killing his wife, begins in Kern County, California. He's sentenced to prison the following month
    Jul 27, 1961
    Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack in his holding cell at the Kern County Jail in Bakersfield, California, after his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, testified against him in a trial for the murder of his wife. He is transferred to Kern County General
    Aug 4, 1961
    Spade Cooley, who has already suffered two heart attacks since April, is taken to Bakersfield's Kern County General Hospital, suffering from chest pains. It causes a delay in his trial for the murder of wife Ella Mae Cooley
    Aug 22, 1961
    Spade Cooley is sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in April. He's sent to Vacaville Medical Center
    Sep 1, 1961
    Claude King records the final version of "The Comancheros" in an overnight session at Nashville's Bradley Recording Studio
    Sep 20, 1961
    Karl Farr, of the Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack on stage at the Eastern Exposition Coliseum in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," the western harmony group later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame



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