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    • Jul 11, 1937
    Pop songwriter George Gershwin dies in Beverly Hills during a brain operation. Known for "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," his song "A Foggy Day" is a vehicle for a Willie Nelson-Frank Sinatra collaboration on the 1994 album "Duets II"
    Feb 10, 1938
    Songwriter Richard Whiting dies of heart disease in Beverly Hills. The father of Margaret Whiting, he wrote "Ain't We Got Fun," "Hooray For Hollywood," "On The Good Ship Lollipop" and The Hoosier Hot Shots' "Breezin' Along With The Breeze"
    Dec 24, 1940
    Songwriter Billy Hill dies in a Boston hotel room. His writing successes include Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie Lullaby" and Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)"
    Feb 8, 1942
    Pop songwriter James Hanley dies in Douglaston, New York. Twenty years later, his song "Second Hand Rose" is recast as a country single by Roy Drusky
    Jul 9, 1942
    Songwriter Kelly Harrell dies of an asthma attack while working at a Virginia mill. He authored the Jimmie Rodgers recording "Away On The Mountain"
    Oct 23, 1942
    Broadway and film composer Ralph Rainger dies in a mid-air collision near Palm Springs, California. The author of "Thanks For The Memory," he also co-wrote "Blue Hawaii," recorded by Willie Nelson for the 1992 movie "Honeymoon In Vegas"
    Dec 25, 1942
    Songwriter George Cobb dies in Brookline, Massachusetts. He wrote Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" and The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?"
    Nov 22, 1943
    Pop lyricist Lorenz Hart dies of pneumonia in New York. Known for such classics as "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is A Tramp," he also wrote "Blue Moon," destined to appear on the "Apollo 13" soundtrack in the hands of The Mavericks
    Dec 15, 1943
    Songwriter and pianist Thomas "Fats" Waller dies on a train near Kansas City. He wrote numerous Broadway show tunes, including "Ain't Misbehavin'," penned while he was in jail for non-payment of alimony. The song will become a country hit in 1986 for Hank Williams Jr.
    Dec 20, 1944
    Songwriter and ukulele player Johnny Marvin dies in North Hollywood, California. Best known for his 1926 pop hit "Breezin' Along With The Breeze," he co-wrote the 1938 Gene Autry hit "Dust" and appeared in many of Autry's cowboy movies



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