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    • Oct 31, 1964
    Ray Charles is arrested in Boston for possession of marijuana and heroin, leading him to secure professional help to beat his addiction
    Feb 1, 1965
    Don Gibson is admitted to Nashville's Baptist Hospital after he's found at the Biltmore Motel, unconscious from a drug overdose. The event is labeled a suicide attempt, triggered by domestic problems, though Gibson later denies trying to take his life
    Jul 26, 1965
    "Seven Spanish Angels" singer Ray Charles enters a rehab center in Los Angeles to battle a heroin addiction
    Oct 4, 1965
    Johnny Cash is arrested in the El Paso airport and charged with possession of more than 1,000 pills, including dexedrine and tranquilizers
    Apr 28, 1966
    Just weeks after Ray Charles' version of Buck Owens' "Crying Time" peaked in pop's Top 10, doctors pronounce Charles clean of his addiction to heroin
    Dec 3, 1966
    A Boston court convicts Ray Charles of heroin and marijuana possession. He receives a five-year suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine. Charles had a pop hit earlier in the year with Buck Owens' "Crying Time"
    Feb 26, 1967
    Dr. George Nichopolous treats Elvis Presley for the first time, for saddle sores, at his ranch near Walls, Mississippi. "Dr. Nick" becomes a central figure in the posthumous revelations about Presley's drug abuse
    Nov 2, 1967
    Johnny Cash is arrested and jailed overnight in Lafayette, Georgia, for illegal possession of pep pills. The next morning, the sheriff asks Cash why he is wasting his life and hurting his family over narcotics. Within days, the singer begins taking steps to end his addiction
    Nov 11, 1967
    Johnny Cash performs live without the aid of drugs for the first time in more than a decade at a high school in Hendersonville, Tennessee
    Jun 22, 1969
    Singer and actress Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose in London. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy in "The Wizard Of Oz," singing "Over The Rainbow." Jerry Lee Lewis revives the song for the country audience in 1980



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