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    • Jun 7, 2007
    Piano player Charles Cochran dies following an automobile accident in Nashville. He appeared on numerous hits as a studio musician by the likes of Crystal Gayle, Don Williams, Waylon Jennings, Gene Watson and Charley Pride
    May 31, 2008

    Bass singer Hugh Jarrett, formerly of The Jordanaires, dies in Atlanta two months after an automobile accident. He took part in several Elvis Presley hits as well as the Jim Reeves classic "The Blizzard"

    Aug 23, 2010
    "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" songwriter Ryan Hurd's teenage brother, Andrew Hurd, dies in a car accident on his way home from soccer practice in Kansas
    Oct 12, 2011
    Keyboard player Joel "Taz" DiGregorio dies in a car accident en route to meet The Charlie Daniels Band's tour bus in Nashville. A 40-year member, he co-wrote such CDB hits as "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" and "In America"
    Nov 18, 2011
    Wayne Scott dies in a car accident in Kentucky. He was the father of "Born To Fly" songwriter Darrell Scott
    Dec 8, 2011
    Bass player Dan "Bee" Spears dies of exposure after falling outside his Nashville home. During 40 years with Willie Nelson's band, Spears contributed to such hits as "Whiskey River," "Georgia On My Mind" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
    Feb 11, 2012
    Whitney Houston dies in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a drowning influenced by cocaine use. Her pop version of "I Will Always Love You" is the best-selling rendition of a song written by Dolly Parton
    Nov 18, 2012
    Caney Spring, Tennessee, resident Adam Carnes dies in an automobile accident. Friend Chris Young is inspired in 2017 to write a song about grief for his death, "Drowning"
    Nov 21, 2012
    Kimberly Schlapman's brother-in-law, Allen Schlapman, dies in a motorcycle accident when he's hit by a drunk driver while the family waits for him to return to its Thanksgiving Eve dinner in Brentwood, Tennessee
    Feb 27, 2013
    Carl Goff Jr., dies in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, following an automobile accident. He played bass for Toby Keith and co-wrote the hits "Upstairs Downtown" and "You Ain't Much Fun"



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