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May 27, 1971
Bob Dunn, steel player for Milton Brown's Brownies, dies of lung cancer in Houston, Texas. In January 1935, he became the first person to play on a country recording with an electric instrument
Jan 23, 1972
T. Texas Tyler dies in Springfield, Missouri, with stomach cancer. Nicknamed "The Man With A Million Friends," he enjoyed a series of hit singles from 1946-1954, including "Bumming Around," "Filipino Baby" and the recitation "Deck Of Cards"
Sep 4, 1974
Former CBS executive Hubbell Robinson dies from lung cancer in New York. He was married to Margaret Whiting at the time she recorded the country hit "Slipping Around" with Jimmy Wakely
Sep 18, 1975
Dobro player Clell Summey dies of cancer. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he preceded Bashful Brother Oswald in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
Sep 27, 1975
Guitarist/vocalist Charlie Monroe dies of cancer in Reidsville, North Carolina. He joined Bill Monroe in The Monroe Brothers, a mountain duo that became a successful act in the 1930s, prior to Bill's emergence as a bluegrass pioneer
Jan 6, 1977
Texas Playboys fiddler Keith Coleman dies of cancer in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He played on the Bob Wills classic "Faded Love" in 1950 and worked with Hank Thompson and Ray Price
Jan 10, 1978
Zeb Turner dies from cancer at the Montreal Chest Hospital. Along with brother Zeke, he was a member of Red Foley's band and recorded on such classics as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and "Honky Tonkin'." He also wrote Eddy Arnold's "It's A Sin" and his own 1949 hit "Tennessee Boogie"
Feb 21, 1979
Ray Whitley dies from a diabetic attack while fishing in Baja California, Mexico. The singer and western movie star was a co-writer of Gene Autry's signature song, "Back In The Saddle Again"
Jun 11, 1979
John Wayne dies of cancer in Los Angeles. Known for work in such movies as "True Grit" and "North To Alaska," his name is incorporated in the lyrics of Big & Rich's 2004 hit "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" and Keith Urban's 2016 single "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
Jun 11, 1979
Jerry Lee Lewis' father, Elmo, enters a Memphis hospital with cancer. He dies there five weeks later
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