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    • Feb 17, 1967
    Western actor Smiley Burnette dies of leukemia in Encino, California. He served as Gene Autry's sidekick in a wave of movies in the 1930s and '40s
    May 8, 1967
    LaVerne Andrews dies of cancer in Los Angeles. With younger siblings Maxene and Patty, she was a part of The Andrews Sisters, a World War II-era pop trio that dented the country charts during the 1940s in pairings with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
    Jul 17, 1967
    Saxophone player John Coltrane dies of liver cancer at Huntington Hospital in Huntington, New York. The jazz icon is mentioned alongside Frank Sinatra and The Righteous Brothers in the bridge of Brad Paisley's 2011 single "Old Alabama"
    Aug 13, 1968
    Gospel and R&B singer Joe Hinton dies of cancer, four years after he earned a pop hit with the Willie Nelson-penned "Funny"
    Jun 14, 1969
    Blues singer Wynonie Harris dies from throat cancer in Los Angeles. One of the colorful figures of early R&B, he was the lead singer for Lucky Millinder's 1944 single "Hurry, Hurry," a hit on an early version of Billboard's country chart
    Jul 28, 1969
    Broadway composer Frank Loesser dies of lung cancer in New York City. His successes include several songs remade for the country charts: "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Wave To Me, My Lady" and "Jingle! Jangle! Jingle!"
    May 30, 1970
    Grand Ole Opry comedian Minnie Pearl and "Gomer Pyle" star Jim Nabors host a cancer benefit at the Country Music Hall Of Fame in Nashville
    Feb 28, 1971
    Fiddlin' Arthur Smith dies of cancer in Louisville. A fiddler whose style was a major influence on bluegrass music, he was a prominent member of the Grand Ole Opry from 1929-1938
    Mar 19, 1971
    Brenda Lee's longtime manager, Dub Albritton, dies of lung cancer, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Albritton was a co-writer of her signature hit, "I'm Sorry"
    May 13, 1971
    Songwriter Bobby Gregory dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote "Sunny Side Of The Mountain," which will be covered three months later by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"



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