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    • Mar 1, 1971
    A Loretta Lynn show in Louisville raises more than $500,000 for 104 children orphaned by a December mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, that killed 38 people. Also on the bill: Conway Twitty, Roy Acuff, Tom T. Hall, Connie Smith and George Morgan
    Dec 13, 1973
    George Morgan presents the guitar he played while recording "Candy Kisses" to the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 21, 1975
    George Morgan holds his final recording session at Ray Stevens' studio in Nashville
    May 26, 1975
    George Morgan suffers a heart attack on the roof of his Nashville home while a CB antenna is being installed
    Jun 28, 1975
    George Morgan makes what turns out to be his last Grand Ole Opry appearance on his 51st birthday. Daughter Lorrie Morgan joins him in a duet, "Smile For Me"
    Jul 2, 1975
    George Morgan undergoes open heart surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He dies five days later
    Jul 7, 1975
    George Morgan dies in Nashville, five days after having open heart surgery. Voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the smooth-voiced Grand Ole Opry member was best known for his 1949 hit "Candy Kisses." He was the father of Lorrie Morgan
    Jul 10, 1975
    Sixteen-year-old Lorrie Morgan sings "Morning Has Broken" during the funeral for George Morgan at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Nashville. Attending: Johnny Cash, June Carter, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Tammy Wynette and Bill Anderson
    Aug 19, 1975
    Johnny Cash, June Carter and Roy Acuff headline a tribute to late Grand Ole Opry star George Morgan to raise money for Morgan's family. Sixteen-year-old Lorrie Morgan sings a self-penned number about her father, "Walking In Daddy's Shadow"
    Jun 6, 1988
    Eddy Raven and George Morgan are inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame's Walkway Of Stars
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