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Jun 24, 1978
Donna Fargo is hospitalized at Santa Barbara's Cottage Hospital with numbness throughout her body. Three weeks later, she's diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Jun 29, 1978
Playboy Records founder Hugh Hefner holds a $150-per-person party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles to raise money for the dilapidated Hollywood sign. Hefner's donations help restore the letter Y
Jul 6, 1978
Gene Autry donates more than $27,000 to pay for the first L in the Hollywood sign as Los Angeles restores the landmark. The L stands 45 feet tall on Mt. Lee
Jul 13, 1978
Three weeks after entering Santa Barbara's Cottage Hospital with numbness throughout her body, Donna Fargo is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease affecting the nervous system
Aug 2, 1978
Neil Young, the author of Waylon Jennings' "Are You Ready For The Country," marries his second wife, Pegi Morton, at his home in Malibu, California
Sep 9, 1978
Jack Warner, the founder of Warner Bros. Records, dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. At the time, the Warner/Reprise family's country acts include Emmylou Harris, Margo Smith and Donna Fargo
Sep 26, 1978
Former president Richard Nixon attends a baseball game for the first time since his resignation in 1974. He joins Country Music Hall of Famer Gene Autry in a private box at Anaheim Stadium, as the Kansas City Royals beat the California Angels, 4-0
Oct 22, 1978
Dorothy Shay dies of a heart attack at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. Known as the Park Avenue Hillbilly, she scored a 1947 country hit with her version of "Feudin' And Fightin'"
Nov 11, 1978
The city of Los Angeles unveils the refurbished Hollywood sign, made possible by donations from a group of public figures that includes Gene Autry, Andy Williams and Playboy Records founder Hugh Hefner
Nov 26, 1978
Marie Osmond and brother Donny appear in the Hollywood Christmas Parade, formerly known as the Santa Claus Lane parade. Others in the procession include Steve Allen, Pat Buttram and John Ritter
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