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Aug 2, 2006
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports Freddy Fender's lung cancer is inoperable. The singer has 11 tumors, but remains appreciative. Though Fender would "like to live longer," he says, "I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough"
Aug 23, 2006
Dulcimer player David Schnaufer dies of cancer at Nashville's Alive Hospice. A highly regarded musician, he backed Alison Krauss on the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack and appeared on Kathy Mattea's "Life As We Knew It"
Sep 6, 2006
A man named Paul Vance dies at his home in Ormond Beach, Florida, of lung cancer. He had claimed to be the same Paul Vance who wrote hits for Brian Hyland, Perry Como and Faron Young, though it turns out the real Paul Vance is alive and living in Westbury, New York
Sep 14, 2006
The Austin American-Statesman reports "Heartbroke" songwriter Guy Clark has succeeded in a battle with lymphoma; following four months of chemotherapy, he's gone into remission
Oct 14, 2006
Freddy Fender dies of cancer at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Tex-Mex singer, who delivered many of his records in Spanglish, had two million-sellers in 1975: "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" and "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
Nov 23, 2006
Boe Tucker, the father and manager of Tanya Tucker and her performing sister La Costa, dies of lung cancer in Nashville
Dec 17, 2006
Bass player Doyle Holly, a key member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos, is hospitalized in Nashville with prostate cancer. Among his credits: "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail," "Together Again" and "My Heart Skips A Beat"
Jan 5, 2007
Joel Roux-Neville dies of lung cancer at her Nashville-area home. She was married for nearly 48 years to R&B singer Aaron Neville, a former nominee for Grammy awards in the country field
Jan 9, 2007
Former Buck Owens bassist Doyle Holly, suffering from prostate cancer, is transferred from a hospital to a Nashville hospice, where he dies days later
Jan 13, 2007
Doyle Holly, former bass player for The Buckaroos, dies of prostate cancer in a Nashville hospice. He can still be heard on the Buck Owens recordings "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail," "Together Again," "Buckaroo" and "My Heart Skips A Beat"
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