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    • Nov 16, 1960
    Actor Clark Gable dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Noted for his work in "Gone With The Wind" and "It Happened One Night," he's recalled more than a decade later in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' "Do You Remember These"
    Apr 6, 1961
    Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack, three days after strangling and beating his wife to death. As a result, he's transferred from Bakersfield's Kern County Jail to Kern County General Hospital
    Jul 27, 1961
    Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack in his holding cell at the Kern County Jail in Bakersfield, California, after his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, testified against him in a trial for the murder of his wife. He is transferred to Kern County General
    Aug 4, 1961
    Spade Cooley, who has already suffered two heart attacks since April, is taken to Bakersfield's Kern County General Hospital, suffering from chest pains. It causes a delay in his trial for the murder of wife Ella Mae Cooley
    Sep 20, 1961
    Karl Farr, of the Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack on stage at the Eastern Exposition Coliseum in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," the western harmony group later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 27, 1962
    The Tennessean reports Faron Young has returned home after a stay at Baptist Hospital. He had checked in after experiencing what he believed was a heart attack. Tests determined he was suffering from gastritis
    Sep 9, 1962
    Songwriter Tex Owens dies of a heart attack in New Baden, Texas. The brother of Texas Ruby, he wrote the cowboy classic "The Cattle Call"
    Aug 26, 1963
    Fannie Tate Colley dies from a heart attack in Centerville, Tennessee. She was the mother of Sarah Cannon, better known as Grand Ole Opry comedian Minnie Pearl
    Oct 15, 1963
    Frank B. Walker, the first president of MGM Records, dies of a heart attack at his Queens, New York, home. The label was the recording home for Hank Williams, and will go on to represent Marie Osmond, Hank Williams Jr. and Mel Tillis
    Aug 1, 1964
    While searching for the wreckage of Jim Reeves' plane crash in Brentwood, Tennessee, rescue worker Carol Crimmons suffers a heart attack



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