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    • Feb 11, 1922
    Entertainment photographer George Pickow is born in Los Angeles. He becomes the husband of Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie
    Dec 8, 1922
    Appalachian folk singer, songwriter and dulcimer player Jean Ritchie is born in Viper, Kentucky. She influences The Judds on her way to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
    Feb 28, 2002
    Loretta Lynn, The Everly Brothers and Bill Monroe are among the first 12 to join the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in an event at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington. Also added are The Osborne Brothers, John Lair, Red Foley, Bradley Kincaid, Merle Travis, Jean Ritchie, Grandpa Jones and Tom T. Hall
    Sep 20, 2002
    Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie is honored with a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
    Mar 20, 2005
    The PBS documentary "The Appalachians" debuts with music by Mac Wiseman, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, The Blue Sky Boys, Blind Alfred Reed, June Carter, Jeff Black, Jean Ritchie, Grandpa Jones, The Osborne Brothers, Ricky Skaggs and Jason Ringenberg
    Dec 10, 2010
    George Pickow dies of respiratory failure in Roslyn, New York. An entertainment photographer, he was the husband of country-folk singer Jean Ritchie
    Jun 1, 2015
    Folk singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie dies at her home in Berea, Kentucky. A recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship, she was an influence on The Judds
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