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    • Nov 2, 1993
    A week after fires broke out in Southern California, a blaze engulfs Malibu, destroying a home owned by Dwight Yoakam
    Dec 27, 1994
    Tracy Lawrence's wife, Frances, suffers facial burns when the gas fireplace at her father's home in Cortez, Colorado, explodes
    Feb 15, 1995
    Ed Keathley, the bass player for Ray Stevens, dies in Nashville of smoke inhalation after falling asleep with a lit cigarette
    Dec 24, 1995
    Freddy Fender's home in Corpus Christi, Texas, is damaged by fire while the singer is attending church services. Firefighters reach the scene early enough that his only loss of significance is a closet
    Jan 29, 1996
    Fiddler Tommy Ewing Wair dies when an F-14 fighter plane crashes into a Nashville home where he was visiting. He worked as a sideman for his brother-in-law, Stonewall Jackson, from 1960-1965
    Jul 23, 1996
    Danny Groah, a guitarist for Alan Jackson's Strayhorns, nearly severs a finger on his left hand in a freak lawn mower accident at home in Joelton, Tennessee. The digit is fully re-attached at Vanderbilt University
    Jan 7, 1998
    The Tennessean reports "The Long Black Veil" songwriter Marijohn Wilkin broke her leg when she slipped on a piece of cardboard in a home cooking accident
    May 16, 1998
    Keith Richards breaks his ribs when he falls from a ladder in his library, allegedly while reaching for a book of nude art. The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Feb 3, 1999
    Trace Adkins breaks an ankle when he steps into a hole in the ground while trying to dislodge his truck from mud
    Feb 26, 1999
    Bashful Brother Oswald checks in to Nashville's Baptist Hospital after falling at home



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