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    • Dec 3, 1987
    Several hundred fans walk out on a George Jones concert at the Charleston Civic Center in West Virginia. His band admits after the show that Jones is again having problems with alcohol
    Feb 2, 1988
    Tanya Tucker enters the Betty Ford Center, at the urging of friends and family, to deal with a cocaine problem. Among those who attended the intervention: Paul Overstreet, songwriters Dean Dillon and Royce Porter, and producer Jerry Crutchfield
    Mar 10, 1988
    Andy Gibb, younger brother of The Bee Gees, dies in England, after years of chemical abuse. Tanya Tucker, who had a short-term romance with him in 1983, has the news delivered to her the next day while she's in the Betty Ford Center for chemical abuse
    Jul 5, 1988
    Rosanne Cash makes the cover of New York's alternative weekly, The Village Voice, where she admits the depths of her former addiction: "I was buying drugs and flushing them down the toilet, and then buying them again the next day"
    Oct 11, 1988
    Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach, begin treatment for alcoholism in Tucson, Arizona. One year later, the ex-Beatle picks up a Grammy nomination in the country field for his work with Buck Owens on "Act Naturally"
    Nov 25, 1988
    Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach, conclude their treatment for alcoholism at a facility in Tucson, Arizona. Within two years, Starr will be nominated for a Grammy in the country field after working with Buck Owens on a remake of "Act Naturally"
    May 6, 1989
    Hank Williams Jr.'s private plane is abducted by police after he performs a short, profanity-filled concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bocephus claims his drinks were spiked and promises refunds
    May 24, 1989
    Tanya Tucker admits to the use of cocaine in the transcript of a deposition in a murder case made public
    Sep 22, 1989
    Pop songwriter Paul Williams gives up alcohol and cocaine. He later writes about his sobriety in the Diamond Rio hit "You're Gone"
    Nov 19, 1989
    Johnny Cash begins a two-week stay at the Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center in Nashville to prevent a potential relapse into drug use



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