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Apr 17, 2001
Grand Ole Opry member Johnny Russell has both legs amputated below the knees, because of complications with diabetes, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville
Dec 19, 2001
Waylon Jennings' left foot is amputated in Phoenix as he battles diabetes
Jan 24, 2002
Freddy Fender receives a kidney transplant from his daughter, Marla Huerta Garcia, during surgery at the University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. A doctor indicates his kidney failure may be linked to diabetes
Feb 13, 2002
Waylon Jennings dies at his home in Arizona, following a lengthy battle with diabetes. Branded a musical outlaw for his renegade spirit, his raw-edged style brought him into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, just three months before his passing
Sep 12, 2003
Johnny Cash dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital of complications from diabetes, four months after the death of his wife, June Carter. The Man In Black was a member of both the Country Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame
Jun 11, 2005
Actor Robert Clarke dies of diabetes in Valley Village, California. He was married to Alyce King, of the former hitmaking group The King Sisters
Feb 9, 2006
Country music scholar Charles K. Wolfe dies at the Middle Tennessee State Medical Center in Murfreesboro of complications from diabetes. He wrote books on Grandpa Jones, Don Gibson, The Louvin Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon and the Grand Ole Opry
Apr 9, 2006
Fiddler Gordon Terry dies at his daughter's home in Spring Hill, Tennessee, after battling diabetes. Noted for his work with Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Faron Young and others, he also had an on-screen role in the Clint Eastwood picture "Honkytonk Man"
Apr 20, 2006
Buddy Jewell's father, Buddy Jewell Sr., dies in Cabot, Arkansas, following a lengthy battle with diabetes
Sep 20, 2006
Yodeler Don Walser dies of complications from diabetes at his home in Austin, Texas. A 2000 recipient of the National Heritage Award, he took part in Asleep At The Wheel's Grammy-nominated Bob Wills tribute album, "Ride With Bob"
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