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    • Feb 28, 1996
    Dee Henry Jenkins withdraws her Nashville petition to exhume the body of her late husband, Conway Twitty, and have it cremated, lamenting that the matter has evolved into a "media circus"
    Mar 12, 1996
    The National Enquirer reports that two of Conway Twitty's children, Kathi and Joni, have contacted the FBI about $80 million in overseas accounts that are missing from their father's estate. His executors claim they know nothing of the accounts
    Jun 24, 1996
    Jim Reeves' widow, Mary Reeves Davis, sells the rights to the singer's name and royalties, plus the site of a Reeves museum, for $7.3 million to carnival company United Shows of America
    Oct 4, 1996
    Conway Twitty's widow, Dee Jenkins, and his children file separate papers in a Nashville court, with both sides claiming full rights to his songs, plus the Twitty Bird logo--all valued at $3.8 million. The children eventually secure the rights
    Dec 30, 1996
    A Houston judge rules the Velvet Elvis nightclub does not violate trademark rights owned by Elvis Presley's estate. The judge says the "Velvet Elvis" phrase refers to an era, rather than The King
    Feb 21, 1997
    A Tennessee judge rules Conway Twitty's children--Kathy, Joni and Jimmy--must pay back to the estate $64,000 in loans their father made them. A higher court later reverses the decision
    Jan 16, 1998
    Minnie Pearl's $1.98 hat brings in $475 during an estate sale at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville
    Jul 8, 1998
    Roy Orbison's estate sues Sony Music for $12 million in Nashville, charging that the label misrepresented its royalty rates
    Mar 15, 1999
    Buddy Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly, files suit in Lubbock, Texas, against MCA, two members of The Crickets, and Lyle Walker, charging fraud has cost the estate millions of dollars in royalties
    Apr 5, 1999
    One day before the first anniversary of her death, three of Tammy Wynette's daughters file a $50-million lawsuit in Nashville, blaming the singer's passing on her personal physician and her husband, George Richey



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