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Feb 21, 1998
Fiddler Ingrid Fowler dies of cancer in Nashville. She played with The Whites and was a co-founder of The Station Inn, the city's foremost bluegrass club
Apr 12, 1998
Former record executive Jim Conkling dies at Sutter Oaks Alzheimer's Hospital in Sacramento, California. He helped launch Warner Bros. Records and the Grammy organization, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Jun 16, 1998
Artist manager Jack McFadden dies of liver cirrhosis in Nashville. During his career, his clients included Buck Owens, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus, among others
Sep 8, 1998
Songwriter Dick Heard dies of cancer in Little Rock, Arkansas. He co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain" and Mel Street's "Smokey Mountain Memories," and worked at GRT Records, which released records by Alabama and Ronnie McDowell
Jan 9, 1999
Chic Doherty, a longtime MCA executive, dies in Nashville. He worked with the likes of George Strait, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys
Feb 14, 1999
Nightclub owner Doug Weston dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles. He ran The Troubadour, an L.A. venue that provided important exposure to Kris Kristofferson and served as a developmental setting for Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles
Aug 5, 1999
TV producer Gene Weed dies of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was a longtime producer of the Academy of Country Music awards and produced the NBC-TV show "Hot Country Nights"
Nov 9, 1999
Record executive Herb Abramson dies in Henderson, Nevada. He co-founded Atlantic Records, whose country roster at the time boasts Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery and Confederate Railroad
Feb 24, 2000
Lynn Shults, a former Capitol executive instrumental in the signing of Garth Brooks, dies in Nashville. He also worked for United Artists, Atlantic and Billboard magazine
Mar 24, 2000
Steel guitarist and executive Joe Talbot dies in Nashville of lung cancer. A publisher and owner of a record pressing plant, he performed with Hank Snow from 1950-1954, appearing on "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" and "I'm Moving On"
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