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    • Aug 3, 1987
    "Hee Haw" comedian Kenny Price is hospitalized in Florence, Kentucky, after suffering a heart attack
    Aug 3, 1987
    Ten years after his death, Elvis Presley makes the cover of Newsweek magazine. "In some ways," says the story, "it's as if he never left"
    Aug 3, 1987
    George Jones checks out of University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham after being treated for exhaustion, bronchitis, a kidney infection and prostate issues. Doctors tell him to slow down, but he is forced to return the following day
    Aug 4, 1987
    Dolly Parton announces she's lost 50 pounds
    Aug 4, 1987
    A day after checking out, George Jones returns to University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham with stomach problems
    Aug 4, 1987
    Kenny Price dies at Memorial Hospital in Florence, Kentucky, a day after suffering a heart attack. The "Hee Haw" comedian earned four Top 10 singles from 1966-1971
    Aug 7, 1987
    Allen Shamblin moves from Texas to Nashville to become a full-time songwriter. He will author such titles as David Ball's "Thinkin' Problem," Keith Urban's "Where The Blacktop Ends" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
    Aug 8, 1987
    George Jones is released from University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, where he was treated for a stomach ailment
    Aug 8, 1987
    Reba McEntire ascends to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "One Promise Too Late"
    Aug 8, 1987
    Steve Earle marries Lou-Anne Gill, his fourth wife
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