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Jul 11, 2009
Author Paul Hemphill dies of throat cancer in a Georgia hospice. He wrote the 1970 book "The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights And Country Music" and the 2005 biography "Lovesick Blues: The Life Of Hank Williams"
Jul 18, 2009
Janet Nichols, the mother of "Live Like You Were Dying" songwriter Tim Nichols, dies of lung cancer in Missouri
Aug 2, 2009
Rockabilly artist Billy Lee Riley dies of colon cancer at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In addition to his own recordings, including "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll," he played on hits by Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis
Aug 6, 2009
Songwriter/guitarist/producer Otha Young dies of cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Juice Newton's musical partner wrote "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)," The Forester Sisters' "Don't You" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
Aug 14, 2009
Gates Nichols, retired steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, dies of cancer at the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia. The band created a series of 1990s singles heavily influenced by Southern rock
Aug 14, 2009
Piano player Joe Eddie Gough dies of cancer. During his tenure with Gene Watson's Farewell Party Band, Gough played on such hits as "Drinkin' My Way Back Home," "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" and "Memories To Burn"
Sep 14, 2009
Actor Patrick Swayze dies of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. Famous for his roles in "Dirty Dancing," "Ghost" and "Road House," he will be acknowledged in a line of Walker Hayes' 2017 country hit "You Broke Up With Me"
Sep 16, 2009
Mary Travers dies of leukemia at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut. She was the female member of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary, whose pop hit "For Lovin' You" was remade as a 1967 country hit by Waylon Jennings
Sep 24, 2009
Bobby Paris dies of leukemia in Las Vegas. He produced Bobbie Gentry's 1967 crossover hit "Ode To Billie Joe"
Apr 4, 2010
Terri Clark's mother, Linda Clark, dies after a lengthy battle with cancer
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