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May 14, 1956
"True Love Ways" songwriter Buddy Holly receives a prescription for contacts from his doctor. Holly finds them uncomfortable and chooses to continue wearing his black glasses, which become a personal trademark
Jan 27, 1965
Don Gibson is arrested at his home in Nashville for assault and battery following an altercation with his wife, Rosalene. She is hospitalized two days later with a laceration above her eye
Jan 29, 1965
Don Gibson's wife, Rosalene, is admitted to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville with a cut above her right eye and possible eye damage
Mar 4, 1967
Billboard reports Red Sovine has undergone cataract surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville
Mar 16, 1971
Elvis Presley checks into Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he is confirmed to have glaucoma in his left eye
Mar 19, 1971
After a three-day stay, Elvis Presley is discharged from Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he was treated for glaucoma
Jun 30, 1980
Burt Hutcherson, retired guitarist for the stringband The Gully Jumpers, has an operation in Nashville for cataracts
Feb 11, 1983
Hank Williams Jr. checks out of the hospital after corrective eye surgery, stemming from his Montana mountain fall in 1975
Oct 12, 1987
Roy Acuff undergoes cataract surgery in Nashville. Four days later, he performs on the Grand Ole Opry
Mar 19, 1990
Roy Acuff undergoes outpatient surgery to treat glaucoma in his right eye
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