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    • Nov 1, 1992
    Roy Acuff, in Baptist Hospital with a heart condition, visits with Minnie Pearl, who suffered a stroke the previous year. His last words to her are, "I'll see you in heaven, Minnie." He dies by the end of the month
    Nov 23, 1992
    Roy Acuff dies from congestive heart failure in Nashville and is buried within eight hours. A Grand Ole Opry symbol for over 50 years, the "King Of Country Music" was the first living member inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 2, 1992
    The Smoky Mountain Boys play "I'll Fly Away" to close a memorial to Roy Acuff at the Acuff Theatre. Also taking part: Hank Snow, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, Jeannie Seely, Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and Little Jimmy Dickens
    Nov 6, 1997
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band snares its first RIAA-certified platinum album, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," featuring Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Merle Travis, Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Doc Watson
    Feb 24, 1998
    Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball," The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," The Carter Family's "Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye And Bye)," Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame
    Mar 18, 1999
    The Tennessee State Senate passes a bill naming 12 interstate rest stops, weigh stations and welcome centers after music stars, including Patsy Cline, Chet Atkins, George Jones, Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash and Isaac Hayes
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including two written by A.P. Carter: The Carter Family's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball"
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Library of Congress puts 50 recorded moments in a National Recording Registry documenting the 20th century. The list includes the first network broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry, featuring Uncle Dave Macon and Roy Acuff, among others
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation issues "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Roy Acuff hits the list with "Great Speckle Bird," "Wreck On The Highway" and "Wabash Cannonball"
    Mar 28, 2003
    CMT pays a nod to "The 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music," but ranks a couple of its pioneers surprisingly low. Roy Acuff, "the King of Country Music," places at #14; while Jimmie Rodgers, "the Father of Country Music," ranks at #33
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