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Sep 15, 1978
George Jones fires a pistol at songwriter Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery in Florence, Alabama. He's charged with assault with intent to commit murder
Dec 1, 1978
Sgt. Barry Sadler shoots and kills songwriter Lee Emerson in a dispute that involves 25-year-old Darlene Sharp. He is found guilty of murder, though he serves only 22 days. Emerson wrote hits for Carl Smith, Marty Robbins and Porter Wagoner
Dec 8, 1980
John Lennon dies of a gun shot from a disturbed fan outside his New York home, the Dakota. Songs Lennon co-wrote as a member of The Beatles will become 1980s country hits for Sweethearts Of The Rodeo and Rosanne Cash
Jun 3, 1983
Responding to schizophrenic voices in his head, drummer Jim Gordon kills his mother in California. He is sentenced to 16 years to life. A member of Derek & The Dominos, he played on hits by Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell and Waylon Jennings
Apr 1, 1984
Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father at their Los Angeles home. Nicknamed the Prince of Soul, the former Motown star gets referenced in the first verse of Thomas Rhett's 2015 country single "Die A Happy Man"
Aug 12, 1984
The body of jazz guitarist Lenny Breau is found in a swimming pool in Los Angeles. The coroner determines he was strangled, but the perpetrator is never identified. Breau was the son of Harold Breau and former country hitmaker Betty Cody
Aug 15, 1988
Kenny Rogers' drummer, Bobby Daniels, allegedly shoots and kills his ex-wife, Sylvia Coakley, after a domestic fight. Daniels handled the skins on numerous recordings, including Rogers' duet with Kim Carnes, "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"
Mar 9, 1989
Kevin Hughes, chart director for the music trade publication Cash Box, is shot on Music Row in Nashville. The killer is unidentified for more than 13 years
Jun 11, 1989
Thomas Ben Lewis, the 17-year-old son of former hitmaker Texas Jim Lewis, is stabbed in the back and killed at his sister's wedding in Washington state
Jul 1, 1992
Cecile Ham, the wife of Clint Black's manager Bill Ham, is abducted outside a Houston drugstore by a paroled felon, who kills her and steals her credit cards. Spencer Goodman is found guilty a year later and receives the death sentence
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