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    • Dec 22, 2003
    Gladys Kilgore dies in Conway, Arkansas. She was the mother of Merle Kilgore, who co-wrote "Ring Of Fire" and manages Hank Williams Jr.
    May 13, 2004
    Merle Kilgore, a songwriter on "Ring Of Fire" and "Wolverton Mountain," enters Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville with a collapsed vertebra. During testing, doctors discover he has a blocked artery and needs angioplasty
    May 15, 2004
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore undergoes angioplasty for a blocked artery at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. Doctors determine his condition is more serious than anticipated and advise him to have quadruple bypass surgery
    May 19, 2004
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore has heart surgery at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Originally intended as quadruple bypass surgery, it becomes a quintuple bypass operation when doctors discover more blockage
    Jun 11, 2004
    The Tennessean reports numerous health problems in country music: Dobro player Uncle Josh Graves and "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore are hospitalized with pneumonia, and Gary Allan suffered two broken ribs when he fell off a boat dock
    Sep 2, 2004
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore, the manager of Hank Williams Jr., undergoes back surgery in Memphis
    Nov 12, 2004
    The late Roger Miller and "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore are inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Muskogee Civic Center
    Feb 6, 2005
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore dies of congestive heart failure in Mexico, where he sought radical cancer treatment. The manager of Hank Williams Jr., he also wrote "More And More," "Wolverton Mountain" and "Let Somebody Else Drive"
    Feb 15, 2005
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore is memorialized at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Participants in the service include Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, Kid Rock, Wynonna, Brenda Lee, Travis Tritt and Hank Williams Jr., who tearfully reads a poem
    Apr 20, 2008
    Hank Williams, Steve Wariner and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are added to the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, along with jazz musician Kirk Whalum, Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman and "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore
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