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    • Apr 19, 2012
    Drummer Levon Helm dies after a battle with throat cancer at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As a member of The Band, he sang lead on "Up On Cripple Creek," ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 23, 2012
    Bass player Chris Ethridge dies after battling pancreatic cancer in Meridian, Mississippi. A founding member of The Flying Burrito Brothers, he also played on numerous Willie Nelson hits, including "Whiskey River," "All Of Me" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
    May 17, 2012
    Donna Summer dies of cancer in Englewood, Florida. Known as the Queen of Disco, she wrote Dolly Parton's 1980 country hit "Starting Over Again"
    May 20, 2012
    The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies of cancer in London. The pop artist was a co-writer of several country hits, including Olivia Newton-John's "Come On Over," Susie Allanson's "Words" and Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream"
    Jul 10, 2012
    Maria Hawkins Cole dies of stomach cancer in Boca Raton, Florida. She was the widow of Nat "King" Cole and the mother of former Country Music Association award nominee Natalie Cole
    Aug 26, 2012
    Songwriter Gene Thomas dies of lung cancer in Fredericksburg, Texas. He wrote the Dottie West & Don Gibson 1969 hit "Rings Of Gold"
    Sep 25, 2012
    Pop balladeer and TV personality Andy Williams dies at his home in Branson, Missouri, after a battle with bladder cancer. His 1959 recording of "Lonely Street" was remade as a country hit by Rex Allen Jr. in 1977
    Sep 27, 2012
    R&B singer R.B. Greaves dies of prostate cancer at his Los Angeles home. He wrote the 1969 pop hit "Take A Letter Maria," which became a country hit in 1970 after it was remade by Anthony Armstrong Jones
    Oct 4, 2012
    Session percussionist Farrell Morris dies in Nashville of lung cancer. He played on such hits as Alabama's "Song Of The South," Elvis Presley's "Moody Blue," Donna Fargo's "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." and Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville"
    Oct 21, 2012
    Songwriter Tim Johnson dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote Jimmy Wayne's "Do You Believe Me Now," Kellie Pickler's "Things That Never Cross A Man's Mind" and Daryle Singletary's "I Let Her Lie"



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