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Jan 20, 1998

The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners refuses to reinstate the license of Elvis Presley's former physician, Dr. George Nichopolous, accused in the late-1980s of overprescribing addictive drugs to 13 clients, including Jerry Lee Lewis

Jan 22, 1998

Bobby Osborne, of The Osborne Brothers, has quadruple bypass heart surgery in Nashville. Just 15 days later, he's back performing on the Grand Ole Opry

Jan 22, 1998

David "Skull" Schulman is murdered at Skull's Rainbow Room, a Printers Alley club he owned. Skull had ties to Mel Tillis and Tanya Tucker, and made several appearances on "Hee Haw"

Jan 22, 1998

Bob Mulloy dies of cancer in Nashville. He established an influential music business program at Nashville's Belmont University. Graduates include Trisha Yearwood, Brad Paisley, Lee Ann Womack and Josh Turner

Jan 23, 1998

Garth Brooks, George Harrison, Wynonna Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs and three gospel singers perform together during Carl Perkins' funeral at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee. Also attending: Jerry Lee Lewis and Razzy Bailey

Jan 24, 1998

Justin Tubb dies in Nashville following aortic surgery. The son of Ernest Tubb had three hits as a recording artist, and wrote Hawkshaw Hawkins' "Lonesome 7-7203" and Highway 101's "Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart"

Jan 25, 1998

Quite the party: Wynonna and Ashley Judd watch the Super Bowl at George Jones' house. The Denver Broncos defeat the Green Bay Packers, 31-24

Jan 26, 1998

Got tickets? Vince Gill is featured in an ad in The Tennessean with his two front teeth blacked-out, hockey-style, as the Nashville Predators NHL team recruits ticket buyers for its first season

Jan 27, 1998

Trace and Rhonda Adkins welcome a baby girl, Mackenzie Lynn Adkins, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville

Jan 28, 1998

Buddy, a miniature collie that belongs to "What If I Said" singer Anita Cochran, disappears. The dog is never found

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