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    • Nov 29, 1983
    Shelly West and Allen Frizzell file for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, each charging their spouse with drug abuse and asking for sole custody of their daughter, Tess Marie Frizzell
    Oct 18, 1984
    A Memphis jury acquits Jerry Lee Lewis of tax evasion after prosecutors fail to prove he hid income from 1975-1980. The IRS insists it will continue to push The Killer to pay more than $600,000 it says he still owes
    Oct 9, 1986
    Bill Anderson and his wife, Becky, are awarded $1.2 million by a Nashville jury for injuries she sustained in a 1984 accident. The other driver's damages are later reduced to $825,000
    Jul 12, 1988
    A judge awards Mickey Gilley $17 million after Gilley sued ex-manager Sherwood Cryer to have his name removed from Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas. Gilley maintains Cryer had allowed the club, associated with the movie "Urban Cowboy," to go to seed
    May 24, 1989
    Tanya Tucker admits to the use of cocaine in the transcript of a deposition in a murder case made public
    Nov 16, 1990
    During a child custody court battle, Lynn Anderson and ex-husband Harold "Spook" Stream admit they used cocaine in their marriage during the early-1980s. Both say they have stopped
    Jun 22, 1993
    Jett Williams settles out of court with Roy Acuff's estate over royalties from the songs of Hank Williams. She discovered as an adult that she was Williams' daughter and engaged in an eight-year series of court battles
    Jul 27, 1994
    Bob Seger begins jury duty, serving as the foreman in a federal case in Detroit. Seger wrote the Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton duet "We've Got Tonight" and had a minor country hit with "Shame On The Moon"
    Sep 2, 1994
    Steve Earle fails to appear in court for sentencing for possession of heroin
    Mar 30, 1995
    Rock record producer Paul Rothchild dies of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He produced Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee," ranked in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's greatest singles



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