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    • Aug 27, 2011
    Lofton Creek founder Harold Shafer dies in Jacksonville, Florida, following a stroke. The label earned a #1 country hit with Heartland's "I Loved Her First"
    Jan 8, 2012
    Former Smoky Mountain Boys guitarist Charlie Collins suffers a stroke in Tennessee
    Jun 10, 2012
    Jimmy Elledge dies of complications from a stroke. His 1961 pop hit "Funny How Time Slips Away" was the first recorded version of the song, written by Willie Nelson
    Jul 16, 2012
    Kitty Wells dies at her home in Madison, Tennessee, following a stroke. She set the stage for women in country music following her 1952 signature hit, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976
    Aug 28, 2012
    "It Was Almost Like A Song" songwriter Hal David has his second stroke of 2012
    Sep 1, 2012
    Songwriter Hal David dies of a stroke at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A frequent Burt Bacharach co-writer, he penned several country hits, including Ronnie Milsap's "It Was Almost Like A Song," Don Gibson's "Sea Of Heartbreak" and Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson's "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"
    Jul 10, 2013
    Randy Travis undergoes emergency brain surgery after suffering a stroke at the Heart Hospital at Baylor Plano in Texas
    Oct 9, 2013
    Betty Innis dies at Swedish Medical Center in Denver following a stroke. She was the mother of Restless Heart keyboard player Dave Innis
    Jun 2, 2014
    Steel guitarist Weldon Myrick dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville of a stroke. He played on such hits as Connie Smith's "Once A Day," George Strait's "You Look So Good In Love," Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" and Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Dec 14, 2014
    Soprano vocalist Millie Kirkham dies in Nashville following a stroke. An in-demand session singer, she contributed to a ton of Elvis Presley hits, as well as Ferlin Husky's "Gone," Don Gibson's "Blue Blue Day," Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere" and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today"



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