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Apr 9, 2011
Dot Records founder Randy Wood dies in La Jolla, California. Formed in Tennessee in 1950, the label featured Mac Wiseman as its top country act in the '50s. During the '70s, the ABC-affiliated label worked with Donna Fargo, Joe Stampley and Roy Clark
Apr 25, 2011
Record executive Charlie Fach dies at Summit Medical Center in Nashville. Associated with Smash, Mercury and Compleat, he played a role in country hits by Vern Gosdin, Roger Miller and George Burns
Jun 8, 2011
Record executive Steve Popovich dies at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Associated with Cleveland International and Mercury, among others, he produced several Tom Jones country hits
Aug 27, 2011
Lofton Creek founder Harold Shafer dies in Jacksonville, Florida, following a stroke. The label earned a #1 country hit with Heartland's "I Loved Her First"
Apr 18, 2012
TV executive Dick Clark dies following a heart attack in Santa Monica, California. The "American Bandstand" host founded a production company, dick clark productions, that handled the Academy of Country Music Awards
Jun 13, 2012
Country Music Hall of Fame member Frances Preston dies of congestive heart failure at her Nashville home. She founded the Nashville office of BMI, a performing rights agency that collects and distributes royalties to songwriters
Oct 2, 2012
Movie producer Douglas Laurence dies of complications from surgery in California. He produced a trio of Elvis Presley movies: "Stay Away, Joe," "Speedway" and "Live A Little, Love A Little"
Nov 7, 2012
Former "Hee Haw" producer and co-creator Frank Peppiatt dies of bladder cancer in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Nov 30, 2012
Former record executive Rick Blackburn dies at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. While running the country divisions for CBS and Atlantic, he had a hand in the careers of Willie Nelson, Ricky Skaggs, Merle Haggard, Rodney Crowell, Tracy Lawrence, Exile and John Michael Montgomery
Jul 9, 2013
Country Music Hall of Famer Jim Foglesong dies in Nashville. A record executive with Dot, MCA and Capitol, he had a significant impact on the careers of George Strait, Garth Brooks, Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and The Oak Ridge Boys, among others
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