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Feb 6, 2005

Accordion player Sonny Day dies of bone cancer in Nashville. An original member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, he played in 1936 on Acuff's first recording of the classic "Wabash Cannonball"

Feb 24, 2005

Goldie Hill dies of cancer at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. The wife of Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith, she earned a 1953 hit with "I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes," written by her brother, Tommy Hill

Mar 2, 2005

Joe Carter, the son of Carter Family founders A.P. and Sara Carter, dies of pancreatic cancer at his home in Virginia. He is believed to have been the last living person present at the landmark Bristol sessions of August 1927

Apr 1, 2005

Pop songwriter Jack Keller dies of leukemia at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center. Known for the themes to "Bewitched" and "Hazel," he also wrote Debby Boone's "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" and Ernest Tubb's "Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool"

Apr 11, 2005

Bass player Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance dies in Nashville, after suffering with cancer and Alzheimer's disease. His resume includes hits by Faron Young, Marty Robbins, The Everly Brothers, Webb Pierce and Hank Williams, among others

May 14, 2005

Jimmy Martin dies of bladder cancer at Alive Hospice in Nashville. The lead singer for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys during two stints from 1949-1955, he went on to build a respected solo career. Martin was inducted in the International Bluegrass Hall of Honor in 1995

May 15, 2005

Songwriter Wayne Perry dies of throat cancer in Hamilton, Ohio. He wrote such hits as Tim McGraw's "Not A Moment Too Soon," Collin Raye's "Every Second" and Lorrie Morgan's "What Part Of No"

Jul 4, 2005

Big Al Downing dies of complications from leukemia at a hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. The singer/songwriter played piano on Wanda Jackson's "Let's Have A Party" and wrote Tom Jones' "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)"

Jul 22, 2005

R&B singer/songwriter Eugene Record dies of cancer in Chicago. A founding member of The Chi-Lites, he wrote and sang lead on the original version of "Oh Girl," remade as a country hit by Con Hunley in 1982

Aug 9, 2005

Steel guitarist Hal Rugg dies of cancer in Tucson, Arizona. A member of the Grand Ole Opry house band from 1963-1979, he played on hits by Loretta Lynn, Bobby Bare, Webb Pierce and Roy Clark, among others

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