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    • Dec 24, 2019
    Pop songwriter Allee Willis dies in Los Angeles of cardiac arrest. She authored Earth, Wind & Fire's "September," the theme from "Friends" and The Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance," as well as a country hit: Crystal Gayle's "The Blue Side"
    Jan 14, 2020
    Songwriter Wade Jackson dies. He authored "Don't Be Angry," which became a hit for his brother, Stonewall Jackson
    Jan 27, 2020
    Songwriter Eddie Setser dies at Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. His credits included Reba McEntire's "Let The Music Lift You Up," John Schneider's "Country Girls" and "Seven Spanish Angels," recorded by Ray Charles with Willie Nelson
    Mar 7, 2020
    Songwriter Jim Owen dies. A longtime entertainer in Branson, Missouri, he penned the Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn single "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man," plus a pair of Jim Ed Brown successes: "Broad-Minded Man" and "Southern Loving"
    Mar 14, 2020
    Songwriter Ramsey Kearney dies. He co-wrote the Brenda Lee pop hit "Emotions"
    Apr 4, 2020
    Songwriter Alex Harvey dies. He was best known for composing Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn," but also authored T. Graham Brown's "Hell Or High Water," Billy Ray Cyrus' "Somebody New" and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition's "Ruben James"
    Apr 6, 2020
    Songwriter Jimmy Jay dies of cancer in Florida. A former recording artist and touring musician, he authored Ernest Ashworth's 1966 country hit "At Ease Heart"
    Apr 7, 2020
    Singer/songwriter John Prine dies of complications from COVID-19 at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center. A 2019 inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earned a Top 5 country album with "The Tree Of Forgiveness" and wrote Don Williams' "Love Is On A Roll" and George Strait's "I Just Want To Dance With You"
    May 9, 2020
    Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Little Richard dies of bone cancer in Nashville. A flamboyant rock and R&B pioneer in the 1950s, he saw two of his songs become hits for country stars: Billy "Crash" Craddock's cover of "Slippin' And Slidin'" and Waylon Jennings' version of "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
    May 11, 2020
    Charles "Fuzzy" Owen dies at home in Bakersfield. Merle Haggard's longtime manager, he produced many of the singer's classics, including "Sing Me Back Home," "The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Okie From Muskogee." Owen also wrote Ray Price's "The Same Old Me" and the Jean Shepard/Ferlin Husky duet "A Dear John Letter"



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