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    • Oct 16, 1969
    Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes his car in Chicago. He produced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jan 28, 1970
    Future "Hee Haw" star Barbi Benton receives a red Maserati for her 20th birthday from boyfriend Hugh Hefner
    Mar 4, 1970
    Ferlin Husky's 17-year-old son Danny, who plays drums in Husky's band, dies in a storm-related car accident in Kentucky
    Apr 15, 1970
    "Welfare Cadilac" singer Guy Drake is arrested in Hartford, Kentucky, and jailed 18 months after he bought a 1968 Buick with a $750 check that bounced
    Jun 5, 1970
    Faron Young has a head-on collision with another car after crossing the center lane on Nashville's Hillsboro Road. He's hospitalized at Vanderbilt Medical Center, where much of his tongue is sewn back together. He's also charged with reckless driving
    Jul 3, 1970
    Marty Robbins is grand marshal for the Paul Revere 250 at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida. Jim Paschal is the winning driver
    Jul 4, 1970
    Marty Robbins is grand marshal for the Firecracker 400 at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida. Donnie Allison is the victor
    Jul 25, 1970
    Marty Robbins is grand marshal for the Nashville 420 NASCAR race at the Fairgrounds Speedway, won by Bobby Isaac
    Jul 28, 1970
    While campaigning for Senate candidate Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff's car is hit by a milk truck near Kingsport, Tennessee. Acuff receives a bruised kneecap and chin, and is gouged below his lower lip
    Sep 7, 1970
    Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton perform at the Southern 500 NASCAR race at the Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Buddy Baker takes the checkered flag



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