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May 16, 1931
Songwriter Grant Clarke dies two days after his 40th birthday from alcohol-related heart failure in California. Clarke and Maurice Abrahams co-wrote "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," destined to become a country hit for Eddy Howard in 1947
Feb 11, 1945
"I Only Have Eyes For You" songwriter Al Dubin dies of pneumonia and drug poisoning in New York. Over the next three years, two of his songs make the country charts: Jo Stafford's "Feudin' And Fightin'" and T. Texas Tyler's "Memories Of France"
Jan 1, 1953
Hank Williams is pronounced dead at Oak Hill General Hospital in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. Many believe he died from a mix of alcohol and morphine. He will become one of the three inaugural members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Nov 26, 1956
Big band figure Tommy Dorsey dies in Greenwich, Connecticut, after taking sleeping pills on top of liquor. The death comes after Elvis Presley made five appearances on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show," Elvis' first national TV exposure
Aug 5, 1962
Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at her home in Los Angeles. The actress is remembered in Faith Hill's country hit "The Secret Of Life," Hank Williams Jr.'s "Born To Boogie" and Keith Urban's "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
Jun 5, 1965
Gram Parsons' mother, Avis Parsons, dies of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver in Winter Haven, Florida. Her death coincides with Gram's high-school graduation
Oct 31, 1965
Sandy Rogers, the adopted son of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, dies from choking on his own vomit after an alcohol binge in Frankfurt, Germany, where he was stationed with the Army
Jun 22, 1969
Singer and actress Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose in London. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy in "The Wizard Of Oz," singing "Over The Rainbow." Jerry Lee Lewis revives the song for the country audience in 1980
Mar 4, 1973
Scotty Stoneman dies in a Nashville hospital after an alcoholic binge that led him to drink shaving lotion. The son of country pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he joined five siblings to create The Stoneman Family, which earned the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year honor in 1967
Sep 19, 1973
Gram Parsons dies at Joshua Tree, California, of an accidental chemical overdose. A former member of The Byrds, one of country-rock's seminal acts, Parsons influenced Emmylou Harris to take up country music
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