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Jul 31, 1964
Jim Reeves and pianist Dean Manuel die in a plane crash during a thunderstorm in Brentwood, Tennessee. Numerous locals--including Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and Ernest Tubb--search for three days before discovering the wreckage
Dec 10, 1967
Soul singer Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Just a month later, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" becomes his biggest recording. The song is later remade as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Aug 13, 1972
The wing of a plane carrying Johnny Cash brushes the ground while landing in Erie, Pennsylvania. Spooked by the incident, Cash abandons his flight and charters a bus to ride to Nashville
Sep 29, 1975
Earl Scruggs suffers head injuries, facial cuts, a broken nose and broken ankle when the plane he pilots crashes while landing in East Nashville
Oct 20, 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and backup vocalist Cassie Gaines die in a plane crash in Gillsburg, Mississippi. Their brand of Southern rock influences many future country artists, leading to a 1994 tribute album, "Skynyrd Frynds"
Aug 6, 1980
Six hours before a scheduled concert for 660 nuns, Charley Pride's airplane is involved in a mid-air collision in Texas. Two passengers in the other plane are killed; Pride and 15 others miraculously escape without major injury
Nov 23, 1982
"Hee Haw" comedian Grady Nutt dies in a plane crash in Vinemont, Alabama. A Baptist minister and author, he joined the TV show's cast in 1979
Oct 19, 1985
Ray Charles' band experiences minor bruises when his plane skids on landing at a wet runway in Bloomington, Indiana. Charles is signed, at the time, to Columbia Records' country division
Dec 31, 1985
Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash outside of DeKalb, Texas. A TV star on "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet," he crossed between pop and country with his 1950s rockabilly-influenced recordings, including "Stood Up" and "Poor Little Fool"
May 24, 1988
A twin-engine airplane carrying Little Jimmy Dickens lands in Kansas City without nose gear. The eight-seat Cessna is totalled, but Dickens and his manager walk away from the wreckage unhurt
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