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    • Dec 25, 1963
    Red Foley's wife, Sally, falls and breaks her leg at home
    Mar 11, 1964
    Elvis Presley is injured while filming a fight scene for "Roustabout" in Los Angeles. He requires stitches in his forehead
    Dec 25, 1964
    Red Foley and his wife, Sally, are sent to Baptist Hospital after a fire starts in their Nashville apartment from a dropped cigarette butt. Red has burns on his right hand; Sally suffers from smoke inhalation
    Mar 10, 1967
    Elvis Presley suffers a minor concussion when he slips in the bathroom. The accident causes delays in the filming of "Clambake"
    Apr 18, 1968
    A friend accidentally shoots Roger Miller in the left hand with an air pistol in his Los Angeles home. It takes 90 minutes for doctors to remove the pellet, delaying a promotional trip to London
    Sep 14, 1968
    Two of Roy Orbison's three sons--Tony and Roy Jr.--die when the family's house catches fire in Nashville
    Nov 26, 1973
    Bass player John Rostill dies in Radlett, England, electrocuted by a guitar in his home studio. An ex-member of The Shadows, he wrote the Olivia Newton-John hits "Please Mr. Please," "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
    Jan 29, 1980
    Charlie Daniels breaks an arm and fractures two fingers when his sleeve is caught in a hydraulic post-hole digger on his Middle Tennessee farm
    Aug 20, 1981
    Record producer and Capitol executive Lee Gillette dies after a fall at his home in California. He produced hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Wakely, Leon Payne and Hank Thompson while overseeing the label's country releases from 1944-1950
    May 14, 1990
    Faron Young cracks three ribs when he hits a tree with his riding lawnmower while cutting grass in the dead of night



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