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Mar 22, 1991
Banjo player Dave Guard dies of cancer at his home in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. He was a founding member of the folk act The Kingston Trio, which won the first Grammy award given for a country recording, recognizing "Tom Dooley"
Oct 5, 1991
George Strait raises $300,000 for the American Cancer Society with his performance at the 13th annual Cattle Barons' Gala in San Antonio
Dec 25, 1991
Phillip Spector Jr., the nine-year-old son of "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector, dies of leukemia
Jan 22, 1992
The day after a tribute to Carl Perkins at New York's Hard Rock Cafe, Bob Dylan appears at Perkins' hotel with a guitar-shaped gold pin. Dylan makes the gesture in appreciation of Perkins' survival of throat cancer
Jul 2, 1992
Olivia Newton-John discovers she has breast cancer
Jul 14, 1992
Olivia Newton-John reveals she is battling breast cancer, saying she is coming forward publicly to "save inquiring minds 95 cents"
Oct 15, 1992
Charlie Williams dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote Bobby Bare's 1963 recording "500 Miles Away From Home"
Jan 23, 1993
Studio owner/recording artist/harmonica player/songwriter Wayne Raney dies of cancer in Batesville, Arkansas. He was best known for his 1949 release "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me"
Feb 2, 1993
Billie Jean Campbell, the ex-wife of Glen Campbell, dies of cancer in Los Angeles
Apr 3, 1993
Bluegrass vocalist Red Allen dies of cancer in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to solo work, he was a member of The Osborne Brothers during the mid-1950s, appearing on their classic "Ruby, Are You Mad?"
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