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    • Oct 12, 1870
    Former Confederate general Robert E. Lee dies from pneumonia in Lexington, Virginia. He will be remembered more than a century later in The Bellamy Brothers' country hit "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie"
    Feb 17, 1931
    Uncle Jimmy Thompson dies of pneumonia in his home outside of Nashville. The fiddle player was the first musician to perform on what became the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 30, 1934
    Pop songwriter Roy Turk dies of pneumonia in Hollywood. His song "Are You Lonesome To-night?" is destined to become an Elvis Presley classic, while Turk's "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" is covered by Marty Robbins
    Apr 14, 1936
    A day after breaking six ribs and puncturing a lung in an auto accident, Milton Brown is placed in an oxygen tent at Fort Worth's Methodist Hospital, where the western swing legend has developed pneumonia
    Feb 27, 1938
    Flora Hayes dies of pneumonia in Oregon. She was the biological mother of The Sons Of The Pioneers' Bob Nolan
    Jun 23, 1941
    Trumpet player Walter "Tubby" Lewis dies of pneumonia at age 24. As a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such records as "Time Changes Everything," "New San Antonio Rose" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa"
    Nov 22, 1943
    Pop lyricist Lorenz Hart dies of pneumonia in New York. Known for such classics as "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is A Tramp," he also wrote "Blue Moon," destined to appear on the "Apollo 13" soundtrack in the hands of The Mavericks
    Feb 11, 1945
    "I Only Have Eyes For You" songwriter Al Dubin dies of pneumonia and drug poisoning in New York. Over the next three years, two of his songs make the country charts: Jo Stafford's "Feudin' And Fightin'" and T. Texas Tyler's "Memories Of France"
    Jan 26, 1948
    Les Paul and Mary Ford are injured when their car slides down a 20-foot embankment after skidding on icy Route 66 near Davenport, Oklahoma. She fractures her pelvis, while Paul suffers a broken nose and broken right arm. He also contracts pneumonia as they wait eight hours in the snow before they are discovered
    Mar 29, 1958
    Les Paul backs out of an appearance on CBS-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show" while he recovers from pneumonia



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