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Dec 4, 1989
Connie B. Gay dies of cancer at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. One of country music's pioneering executives, he promoted the likes of Jimmy Dean, Roy Clark and Grandpa Jones in concert and on TV on his way to induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
Mar 13, 1990
Mel Tillis' first manager, Buck Peddy, dies of cancer in Groveland, Florida
Apr 26, 1990
Wesley Rose dies in Nashville. A partner in the Acuff-Rose publishing firm founded by his father, Fred Rose, Wesley worked with The Everly Brothers, Boudleaux Bryant and Roy Orbison, earning induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
Oct 21, 1990
Neil Wilburn dies of a heart attack. Wilburn designed and built the Columbia Recording Studios, the site for such classics as Marty Robbins' "El Paso," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man"
Oct 28, 1990
Mel Foree, Nashville's first record promoter, dies from cancer. Foree wrote Gene Watson's "No One Will Ever Know"
Nov 18, 1990
Xavier B. Cosse, the husband/manager of Martha Carson, dies of a heart issue at his home in Nashville
Jan 30, 1994
Grand Ole Opry executive Ott Devine dies in Nashville. He served as program director of WSM Radio in the late-1950s and worked as the manager of the Opry from 1959 until his retirement in 1968
Oct 2, 1994
Drummer Wayne Edwards dies. After working with Charlie Rich and Jerry Lee Lewis, he moved into record promotion and became Tracy Lawrence's first manager
Dec 16, 1994
Manager E.E. "Si" Siman dies in Springfield, Missouri. He worked with Country Music Hall of Famers Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins, among others
Feb 7, 1995
Bill Boyd dies at home in Burbank, California, from a heart attack. The former radio personality and TV consultant spent his final 14 years as the executive director of the Academy of Country Music
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