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    • Jul 12, 1998
    Millie Clements, the wife of Grammy-winning fiddler Vassar Clements, dies of cancer
    Jan 6, 2002
    Earl Scruggs' birthday party, at his Nashville home, attracts a ton of music figures, including Sawyer Brown's Gregg Hubbard, producer Jack Clement, Mac Wiseman, and musicians Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, John Jorgenson, Glen Duncan and Vassar Clements
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III" is the centerpiece of a PBS taping in Nashville for "Farther Along." Guests include Del, Ronnie and Robbie McCoury, Vassar Clements, John Hiatt and Jimmy Martin, among others
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III" is the centerpiece of a PBS taping in Nashville for "Farther Along." Guests include Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements, Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas, among others
    Apr 2, 2003
    Vince Gill hosts as PBS' "All-Star Bluegrass Celebration II" tapes at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Guests include Alison Krauss + Union Station, Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, The Whites, Nickel Creek, Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Vassar Clements and The Del McCoury Band
    Feb 4, 2005
    Grammy-winning fiddler Vassar Clements performs in Jamestown, New York. It proves to be the final concert of his life
    Feb 13, 2005
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and Vassar Clements win Best Country Instrumental Performance, for "Earl's Breakdown," during the 47th annual Grammy Awards at Los Angeles' Staples Center
    Mar 11, 2005
    Fiddler Vassar Clements, one of a handful of artists who appeared on all three volumes of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," is diagnosed with lung cancer
    Aug 4, 2005
    Vassar Clements checks into Nashville's Summit Hospital, where tests indicate his lung cancer has spread to his brain. The Grammy-winning fiddler decides to discontinue chemotherapy treatments
    Aug 10, 2005
    Fiddler Vassar Clements is discharged from Nashville's Summit Hospital, where doctors determined that cancer had spread from his lungs to his brain
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