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    • Mar 21, 1978
    Rick Evers, the husband of "Time Don't Run Out On Me" songwriter Carole King, dies of a drug overdose in Los Angeles
    Feb 19, 1980
    Hard-rock singer/songwriter Bon Scott dies after a night of heavy drinking in London. He sang "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and "Highway To Hell" for AC/DC, referenced in Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
    Dec 29, 1980
    Singer/songwriter Tim Hardin dies of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles. He wrote the Johnny Cash & June Carter duet "If I Was A Carpenter"
    Mar 10, 1988
    Andy Gibb, younger brother of The Bee Gees, dies in England, after years of chemical abuse. Tanya Tucker, who had a short-term romance with him in 1983, has the news delivered to her the next day while she's in the Betty Ford Center for chemical abuse
    Jul 26, 1990
    Grateful Dead keyboard player Brent Mydland dies of an accidental drug overdose at his home in Lafayette, California. The band is destined to appear in the lyrics of Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"
    Jan 8, 1991
    Guitarist Steve Clark dies of drug and alcohol poisoning at his home in London. A member of the rock band Def Leppard, he co-wrote "Pour Some Sugar On Me," which will be mentioned in the lyrics of Keith Urban's 2019 country hit "We Were"
    Aug 5, 1992
    Drummer Jeff Porcaro dies of a heart attack, spurred by years of cocaine use, at his home in Los Angeles. A founding member of the rock band Toto, he also played on pop hits by Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald and Don Henley, as well as Dolly Parton's singles "Starting Over Again" and "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You"
    Oct 31, 1993
    Actor River Phoenix dies of a drug overdose outside the Viper Room in Los Angeles. His final picture was "The Thing Called Love," based on Nashville's famed listening room, The Bluebird Cafe
    Dec 23, 1996
    Songwriter, sax player and club owner Ronnie Scott dies in London from an apparently accidental overdose of pain pills for tooth implants. He wrote Bonnie Tyler's "It's A Heartache" and Shelly West's "Flight 309 To Tennessee"
    Dec 31, 2000
    Eddy Shaver, the son and musical partner of Billy Joe Shaver, dies in Waco, Texas, of a heroin overdose. After three years playing with Dwight Yoakam, he began recording with his father in a roots-rock band called Shaver



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