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Jun 5, 1980

Schizophrenic drummer Jim Gordon, battling voices in his head, checks into a Los Angeles hospital after a day of heavy drinking. Gordon played on hits by Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings

Jun 9, 1980

Richard Pryor suffers severe burns while freebasing cocaine in Los Angeles. His wife talks to Waylon Jennings later, and Jennings offers to donate skin for grafting, forgetting that his Caucasian tones would be a poor match for an African-American

Jun 16, 1980

Bob Nolan, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack while boating in California. The western vocal group, for whom Nolan co-wrote "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," enters the Country Music Hall of Fame four months later

Jun 24, 1980

An exhibit celebrating Gene Autry's on-screen achievements opens at the California State Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles

Jun 26, 1980

Anne Murray begins a five-night engagement at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. During the run, she receives a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Jun 29, 1980

Gene Autry Week begins in Los Angeles

Jul 8, 1980

Debby Boone and husband Gabriel Ferrer have their first baby, Jordan Alexander Ferrer, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles

Jul 16, 1980

Donna Summer marries Bruce Sudano at the Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California. The pair co-wrote "Starting Over Again," which had become a hit for Dolly Parton just months earlier

Jul 18, 1980

Willie Nelson's "Honeysuckle Rose" has its California premiere at Mann's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles

Jul 23, 1980

Former Grateful Dead keyboard player Keith Godchaux dies in an automobile accident in Marin County, California. The Dead will be referenced in Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"

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