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    • Nov 14, 1988
    Mel Tillis' Tennessee log house burns. Among his losses: 64 pair of western boots
    Dec 9, 1989
    A small fire causes $25,000 in damage at Gilley's nightclub in Pasadena, Texas. The local fire chief classifies the blaze as arson
    Jan 22, 1990
    A fire destroys the gift shop at Twitty City in Hendersonville, Tennessee, levying $220,000 worth of damages. Conway Twitty is unharmed--he's on tour in California
    Jul 5, 1990
    Gilley's club, the catalyst for the movie "Urban Cowboy," is destroyed by fire in Pasadena, Texas. A 16-year-old is arrested and charged with arson
    Mar 5, 1991
    Ed Bruce's 70-year-old mother, Norma, dies of smoke inhalation while trying to save her cats in a house fire in Memphis
    Jul 23, 1992
    Trisha Yearwood's room on her tour bus burns while she's on stage in Wheaton, Illinois. The fire forces her to buy a brand new wardrobe
    Oct 16, 1992
    Barbara Mandrell's tour bus catches fire in North Dakota
    Dec 9, 1992
    Harmonica player Terry McMillan's house burns in Nashville, so Dolly Parton loans him her home for the holidays. McMillan played on Garth Brooks' "Ain't Goin' Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)," plus hits by George Jones, Ronnie Milsap and Jerry Reed
    May 10, 1993
    Mickey Gilley's Branson theater is destroyed in a fire
    Nov 2, 1993
    A week after fires broke out in Southern California, a blaze engulfs Malibu, destroying a home owned by Dwight Yoakam



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