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Oct 22, 2020
Songwriter Bryan Wayne Galentine dies after a three-year struggle with ALS. Operating professionally as Bryan Wayne, he authored the Tommy Shane Steiner hit "What If She's An Angel"
Oct 23, 2020
Singer/songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker dies with throat cancer. He penned The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Mr. Bojangles" and became a seminal figure in Texas' progressive country scene
Oct 26, 2020
Songwriter Stan Kesler dies in hospice in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He authored Elvis Presley's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget," plus hits for Jerry Lee Lewis
Oct 28, 2020
Billy Joe Shaver dies from a stroke in Waco, Texas. The singer/songwriter was a major influence on the outlaw movement. His writing credits included Waylon Jennings' "Honky Tonk Heroes" and John Anderson's "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)"
Dec 21, 2020
K.T. Oslin dies in an assisted-living facility in Middle Tennessee. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, she snagged Grammy Awards, plus ACM and CMA honors behind the hits "80s Ladies," "Do Ya'," "Hold Me" and "Come Next Monday." Oslin also authored Gail Davies' "'Round The Clock Lovin'"
Dec 30, 2020
Songwriter Hugh X. Lewis dies of COVID-19 in Nashville. He authored Stonewall Jackson's #1 country hit "B.J. The D.J.," plus hits by Carl Smith and Lynn Anderson
Jan 7, 2021
Singer/songwriter Jamie O'Hara dies of cancer at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He spent part of the 1980s in the duo The O'Kanes and also wrote The Judds' "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Ol' Days)," Gary Allan's "Man To Man" and Lee Ann Womack's "You've Got To Talk To Me"
Jan 8, 2021
Singer/songwriter Ed Bruce dies in Clarksville, Tennessee. He applied a deep, rich voice to a series of midtempo hits in the 1970s and '80s and wrote Charlie Louvin's "See The Big Man Cry," Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)" and Waylon & Willie's "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
Jan 14, 2021
Songwriter and former record executive Larry Willoughby dies of COVID-19. He authored Waylon Jennings' "The Devil's On The Loose," Eddy Raven's "Operator, Operator" and "Burning Bridges" by Brooks & Dunn with Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill
Jan 16, 2021
Songwriter/producer Phil Spector dies of COVID-19 in prison in Stockton, California. Noted for his work with The Righteous Brothers, The Crystals and The Beatles, Spector also wrote "To Know Him Is To Love Him," covered in country by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
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