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May 23, 1983
Vern Gosdin's brother, Rex Gosdin, dies of a heart attack in Jonesboro, Georgia. He co-wrote Leon Everette's "Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair"
Aug 15, 1983
Songwriter Chuck Howard dies of heart disease at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. His credits include Conway Twitty's "Happy Birthday Darlin'," Waylon Jennings' "Come With Me" and Merle Haggard's "I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall"
Aug 17, 1983
Lyricist Ira Gershwin dies in Beverly Hills, California. Working with brother George, he wrote such hits as "I Got Rhythm," "Summertime" and "A Foggy Day," which Willie Nelson remakes in 1994 with Frank Sinatra for the album "Duets II"
Oct 20, 1983
Merle Travis dies following a massive coronary in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Peaking as an artist during the 1940s, he also wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons," was recognized as a stellar guitarist, and joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977
Nov 19, 1983
Pop songwriter Carolyn Leigh dies of a heart attack in New York City. Seventeen years later, her best-known song, "Young At Heart," is revived by Willie Nelson and included on the "Space Cowboys" soundtrack
Dec 3, 1983
Songwriter Irving Taylor dies in Westlake Village, California. A co-writer of Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody," he also penned a Tennessee Ernie Ford duet with Kay Starr, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own"
Dec 23, 1983
"Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" songwriter Jerry Irby dies in Gray Hawk, Kentucky. As an artist, he scored a pair of hits in 1948: "Cryin' In My Beer" and "Great Long Pistol"
Mar 25, 1984
Songwriter Tom Jans dies in Brentwood, California, months after a significant motorcycle accident. Three years earlier, his song "Lovin' Arms" was a country hit for the late Elvis Presley
Apr 6, 1984
Pop songwriter Jimmy Kennedy dies in Cheltenham, England. He wrote Gene Autry's "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)," plus Hank Snow's "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" and Narvel Felts' "My Prayer"
Apr 24, 1984
Songwriter and band leader Gordon Jenkins dies of Lou Gehrig's disease in Malibu, California. Five months later, Tom T. Hall earns a country hit with Jenkins' composition "P.S. I Love You"
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