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Sep 8, 2017
Troy Gentry, of Montgomery Gentry, dies following a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey. He was half of a Grand Ole Opry-member act that successfully knit country and Southern rock together, winning the Country Music Association's Vocal Duo trophy in 2000. Their hits included "My Town," "Lucky Man" and "Roll With Me"
Aug 31, 2018
Mike Kennedy, the long-time drummer in George Strait's Ace In The Hole Band, dies in a car accident in Lebanon, Tennessee
Sep 12, 2018
Alan Jackson's son-in-law, Davidson County assistant district attorney Ben Selecman, dies in West Palm Beach, Florida, from a head injury he sustained during a fall while helping a woman board a boat
Sep 18, 2019
A tour bus carrying Josh Turner's band and crew veers off Highway 46 and dives 80 feet down a cliff outside of Paso Robles, California, killing his sound engineer and injuring seven other members of the team. Turner, who was not on board, cancels his shows for the remainder of the month
Jun 13, 2020
Hank Williams Jr.'s daughter, Katherine Williams-Dunning, dies in an automobile accident when the vehicle rolls over in the median on a divided highway between Kentucky Lake and Paris, Tennessee
Sep 11, 2020
Songwriter Troy Jones dies of electrocution in a freak accident on a fishing dock at his home in Fayetteville, Alabama. Dubbed the Forklift Philosopher, he penned Kenny Chesney's "Shiftwork" and two Billy Currington hits: "People Are Crazy" and "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer"
Oct 7, 2020
Former label executive, producer and songwriter Ray Pennington dies in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He authored Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" and Ricky Skaggs' "Don't Cheat In Our Hometown." Pennington also produced hits for Jennings and Ray Price
Aug 21, 2021
Loretta Lynn's ranch foreman is killed when 15 inches of rain cause flash flooding at her property in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
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