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  • May 2, 1991
    Big Al Downing serves as marshal of the firefighters parade at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Among other celebrities at the festival are Marty Stuart and Mac Wiseman
    May 6, 2005
    "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)" songwriter Big Al Downing makes his final Grand Ole Opry appearance
    Jun 28, 2005
    Big Al Downing's wife announces the singer/songwriter is hospitalized with leukemia and will begin chemotherapy immediately. Downing wrote and performed the original version of the Tom Jones country hit "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)"
    Jul 4, 2005
    Big Al Downing dies of complications from leukemia at a hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. The singer/songwriter played piano on Wanda Jackson's "Let's Have A Party" and wrote Tom Jones' "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)"

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