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    • Aug 31, 1993
    Songwriter and bandleader Al Trace dies of a stroke in Sun City West, Arizona. He wrote "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes," a 1949 country hit by Foy Willing And His Riders Of The Purple Sage
    Mar 4, 1996
    Minnie Pearl dies in Nashville of complications from a stroke. Noted for her homespun humor, the country comic spent more than 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry, becoming a regular on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw" and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 14, 1996
    Fiddler Dale Potter dies in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, following a massive stroke. He played on Hank Williams' "Mind Your Own Business," and recorded with George Jones, Webb Pierce, Little Jimmy Dickens, The Everly Brothers and Cowboy Copas
    Mar 24, 1996
    Maggie Cavender dies at Baptist Hospital in Nashville of complications from a stroke. She served for many years as the first executive director of the Nashville Songwriters Association International
    Mar 6, 1997
    Bass player Bobby Dyson dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital following a stroke. A longtime "Hee Haw" band member, he played on hits by Dolly Parton, Jerry Reed and Waylon Jennings, and was likely the first to play electric bass on the Grand Ole Opry
    Jan 19, 1998
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Carl Perkins dies at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee, following a series of strokes. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of rockabilly music, best known for his hit "Blue Suede Shoes"
    Feb 19, 1998
    Grandpa Jones dies at McKendree Village in Nashville, seven weeks after suffering a stroke. A longtime Grand Ole Opry star and key member of the "Hee Haw" cast, he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978
    May 22, 1998
    Royce Kendall dies in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, following a stroke. With daughter Jeannie Kendall, he formed The Kendalls, a duo whose gospel-laden harmonies were often applied to cheatin' hits, including their biggest, "Heaven's Just A Sin Away"
    Aug 9, 1998
    Bass player Bobby McBay, a former member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies in Texarkana, Texas, following a stroke. He was with the band from 1964-1965
    Mar 17, 1999
    Film composer Ernest Gold dies in Santa Monica following a stroke. He was the father of singer/songwriter/musician Andrew Gold, who wrote Wynonna's "I Saw The Light" and played on numerous Linda Ronstadt recordings



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