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    • Mar 11, 1968
    Chet Atkins' father, James Atkins, dies of a heart attack at a Nashville hospital
    Mar 31, 1968
    Skeets McDonald dies of a heart attack at his home in Inglewood, California. Recording in Los Angeles, he earned two hit records, 1952's "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" and 1963's "Call Me Mr. Brown"
    Apr 17, 1968
    Songwriter Dorsey Dixon dies of heart failure in Plant City, Florida. He wrote Roy Acuff's classic "Wreck On The Highway"
    Jul 3, 1968
    Cal Maddox dies from a heart attack. He was a member of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, whose energetic live shows and rhinestone-studded outfits brought them recognition as the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band In America during the 1940s and '50s
    Sep 19, 1968
    Red Foley dies from a heart attack in a hotel room in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Grandfather to Debby Boone, Foley was a steady country hitmaker from 1944-1956, earning membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967. His last song is a gospel title, "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)"
    Jun 26, 1969
    Former National Life & Accident chairman Edwin Craig dies of a heart ailment at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Craig was the executive who gave final approval to the debut of the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 15, 1969
    Abram Miller, the father of former Marty Robbins producer Mitch Miller, dies of a heart attack at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York
    Oct 16, 1969
    Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes his car in Chicago. He produced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jan 21, 1970
    Bass player Howard Watts dies of a heart attack in Nashville. As Cedric Rainwater, he played with Ray Price, Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and was a member of The Drifting Cowboys band during the final three years of Hank Williams' life
    Jan 31, 1970
    Blues musician Slim Harpo dies of a heart attack in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Months later, Hank Williams Jr. remakes Harpo's "Rainin' In My Heart" as a country hit



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