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Feb 23, 2003
Bass player and producer Howie Epstein dies of a suspected heroin overdose in Santa Fe's St. Vincent Hospital. A 20-year member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, he produced three country hits for longtime girlfriend Carlene Carter
Nov 5, 2003
The Righteous Brothers' Bobby Hatfield dies in a Kalamazoo, Michigan, hotel, of a cocaine overdose. Hatfield's rendition of "Unchained Melody" was recut as a country hit by LeAnn Rimes. The Oak Ridge Boys covered the Righteous hit "Dream On"
Oct 26, 2009
"Stand On It" songwriter Bruce Springsteen cancels a concert in Kansas City when his cousin, tour crew member Lenny Sullivan, is found dead in his hotel room. An autopsy later determines he died from an accidental drug overdose
Feb 11, 2012
Whitney Houston dies in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a drowning influenced by cocaine use. Her pop version of "I Will Always Love You" is the best-selling rendition of a song written by Dolly Parton
Apr 18, 2014
Johnny Lee's son, Johnny Lee II, dies of a heroin overdose in Branson, Missouri
Oct 2, 2017
Rocker Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles following an accidental overdose of painkillers for multiple ailments, including a broken hip. The author of Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and Roy Orbison's "You Got It," he sang on Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of "Mind Your Own Business"
May 18, 2020
Sage Warren, the 21-year-old son of "Highway Don't Care" songwriter Brad Warren, dies in Tennessee after ingesting a drug laced with fentanyl
Aug 23, 2020
Singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle is found dead of an apparent drug overdose at his home in Nashville. A significant Americana artist, he was the son of "Guitar Town" singer Steve Earle
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