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    • May 14, 1990
    Faron Young cracks three ribs when he hits a tree with his riding lawnmower while cutting grass in the dead of night
    May 5, 1995
    Faron Young is arrested after being involved in a car accident when his breath registers a .16% alcohol content, well above Tennessee's .10% limit. He is charged with driving under the influence, though the charge is later reduced to reckless driving
    Jul 23, 1995
    Faron Young is arrested for the second time in three months for driving under the influence. Like the previous charge, this one is reduced to reckless driving
    Jul 20, 1996
    Faron Young is hit in the head repeatedly with a cue ball at Nashville's Professional Club after an argument with a billiards player about who has more money. Young is treated for a concussion at the Vanderbilt Medical Center
    Jul 21, 1996
    Faron Young is released from Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center a day after suffering a concussion when a fellow pool player bashed him in the head repeatedly with a cue ball
    Dec 9, 1996
    Faron Young shoots himself in the head in Nashville, apparently distraught over his slumping career. He dies a day later
    Dec 10, 1996
    Faron Young dies at Summit Medical Center in Nashville, one day after shooting himself in the head. His classics included "Sweet Dreams," "Hello Walls," "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "It's Four In The Morning"
    Feb 23, 2000
    Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman," Faron Young's "Hello Walls" and The Byrds' album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame along with such other 1960s recordings as "Unchained Melody" and "My Way"
    Jun 16, 2000
    The Country Music Association announces Charley Pride and Faron Young as the 2000 inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame. They are the final members to be installed before the Hall moves into a new building in downtown Nashville
    Oct 4, 2000
    Charley Pride and Faron Young enter the Country Music Hall of Fame during the 34th annual Country Music Association awards, hosted on CBS by Vince Gill for the ninth straight year, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
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