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    • Nov 11, 1966
    Texas Jim Robertson dies of asphyxiation from exhaust fumes in his garage in Newton, New Jersey. "It is the best way," he wrote in a suicide note. Three of his four 1940s hits came when he remade Ernest Tubb singles, and he was a familiar presence on the radio shows "Death Valley Days" and "Dick Tracy"
    Mar 30, 1967
    Folk artist Paul Clayton commits suicide by pulling a heater into the bathtub of his apartment in New York City. Clayton was a co-writer of Billy Grammer's 1959 country hit "Gotta Travel On"
    Feb 15, 1973
    Jan Howard's son, David Howard, commits suicide using her handgun in his Nashville bedroom, just hours after promising he would enroll in a rehabilitation center to battle his drug abuse
    Dec 25, 1973
    Carl Perkins' brother, Clayton, commits suicide with a .22 caliber handgun in Jackson, Tennessee. Clayton played bass on "Blue Suede Shoes"
    Apr 23, 1975
    Badfinger guitarist Pete Ham commits suicide by hanging himself in the garage of his home in London. He co-wrote the Nilsson pop hit "Without You," remade by T.G. Sheppard during the early-1980s
    Jun 10, 1975
    Darrell Edwards, who co-wrote "Why Baby Why" with George Jones, commits suicide, shooting himself in the head with a shotgun
    Mar 25, 1976
    Phyllis Major, the wife of "Take It Easy" songwriter Jackson Browne, dies of a drug overdose at their home in Hollywood
    Oct 21, 1978
    Mel Street commits suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot on his 45th birthday at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He scored a number of hits on independent labels from 1972-1978, and influenced later country singers Ricky Van Shelton and Marty Raybon, of Shenandoah
    Feb 21, 1980
    Pop vocalist Janet Vogel commits suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning in Pittsburgh. She co-wrote The Skyliners' signature song, "Since I Don't Have You," destined for a country revision by Ronnie Milsap in 1991
    Jun 9, 1981
    Former Texas Playboys vocalist Eugene "Tagg" Lambert dies of a self-inflicted gunshot in Turkey, Texas. He appeared on the 1968 recording "Southwestern Waltz," which makes it into the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff"



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