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    • Jul 3, 2001
    Johnny Russell dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital after a lengthy battle with diabetes. The Grand Ole Opry member had three hits in the early-1970s, and wrote Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" and George Strait's "Let's Fall To Pieces Together"
    Jul 6, 2001
    Johnny Russell is buried in Nashville. Pallbearers include Garth Brooks, Little Jimmy Dickens, Jim Ed Brown, Brad Paisley, Jack Greene, Billy Walker, Porter Wagoner and Bill Anderson. Vince Gill sings "Go Rest High On That Mountain" at the funeral
    Nov 4, 2001
    The Everly Brothers, "Callin' Baton Rouge" author Dennis Linde and "Act Naturally" composer Johnny Russell are inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Mar 25, 2013
    Late Grand Ole Opry member Johnny Russell receives a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail in Moorhead
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