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Jul 4, 1981

Janice Higgs is found dead from a gunshot wound to the head outside the Nashville apartment of session bass player Bob Moore, who's played on hits by Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn and Kenny Rogers. Weeks later, Moore passes a lie detector test, and Higgs' death is ruled a suicide

Jul 4, 1981

Jason Ringenberg moves to Nashville where he becomes the frontman for Jason & The Scorchers, whose "Absolutely Sweet Marie" is ranked among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Jul 8, 1981

Less than a month after the death of Roy Acuff's wife, Lola Oswald, the wife of Smoky Mountain Boy Bashful Brother Oswald, dies in Nashville

Jul 10, 1981

Jerry Lee Lewis has five hours of surgery at Methodist Hospital South in Memphis to remove multiple abscesses and battle infection developing in his stomach. The Killer had undergone four hours of emergency surgery just 10 days prior

Jul 12, 1981

Johnny Cash stops by Memphis' Methodist Hospital South to pray for Jerry Lee Lewis, who's undergone two surgeries in less than two weeks for a perforated stomach. The doctor has given The Killer only a 50/50 chance of survival

Jul 14, 1981

With Major League Baseball on strike, ESPN presents the first national telecast of a AA baseball game. Nashville beats Columbus, 16-1, at Greer Stadium. ESPN airs interviews with Roy Acuff, T.G. Sheppard and Sounds co-owner Conway Twitty

Jul 15, 1981

Five days after major surgery, Jerry Lee Lewis is taken off a respirator at Memphis' Methodist Hospital South

Jul 29, 1981

George Jones performs at Pee Wee's dinner club in Nashville. It marks the first performance by Lorrie Morgan as a back-up singer in his band

Aug 7, 1981

B.J. Thomas joins the Grand Ole Opry, singing "(Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song," "I Recall A Gypsy Woman" and the Hank Williams classic "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

Aug 22, 1981

Don Williams makes his final appearance as a member of the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Tulsa Time," "I Believe In You" and "Amanda"

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