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    • Aug 9, 1965
    Roy Acuff is released from the hospital, 30 days after a head-on car wreck outside of Sparta, Tennessee, nearly claimed his life
    Oct 8, 1965
    Bass player Bill Black is checked into Memphis' Baptist Hospital with a brain tumor. Noted for his work on "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Hound Dog," he slips into a coma and dies within two weeks
    Dec 25, 1965
    Songwriter Alex Zanetis, best known for co-writing "Snap Your Fingers," is injured in a car crash on Highway 50 in Flora, Illinois. He's hospitalized at Clay County Hospital with a fractured jaw, broken arms and other minor injuries
    Jan 4, 1966
    Porter Wagoner enters Nashville's Parkview Hospital, recovering from exhaustion
    Apr 15, 1968
    Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, enters the Vanderbilt Medical Center. One week later, he has two-thirds of his stomach removed in surgery
    Jul 1, 1968
    The Beatles' John Lennon and girlfriend Yoko Ono are injured in a car accident in Scotland, requiring hospitalization. Several Lennon-McCartney compositions go on to become country hits, including "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    Aug 3, 1968
    Johnny Cash guitarist Luther Perkins is burned over 50% of his body when he falls asleep smoking a cigarette at his home in Nashville. He is rushed to Vanderbilt Medical Center, but dies two days later
    Feb 16, 1969
    Former life insurance executive Edwin Craig is hospitalized with a heart ailment at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Craig had a hand in bringing country music to Nashville, establishing WSM Radio and approving the start of the Grand Ole Opry
    Jul 6, 1969
    "I Feel Fine" songwriter John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, are released from a Scotland hospital following a car accident
    Sep 19, 1969
    Jimmie Rodgers collapses on stage at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, while asking for water. He is rushed to a local hospital and released the same evening



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