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| News Stories — 2011 |
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| December 15, 2011 |
Vidor country singer Billie Jo Spears remembered as feisty star |
| December 13, 2011 |
Neva Wise (aka Kitty Hawkins) |
| November 26, 2011 |
Jeanette Hicks, Former KWKH Louisiana Hayride Star |
| November 15, 2011 |
Tommy Doss, Former Member Sons of the Pioneers in 1949 |
| November 1, 2011 |
Songwriter, Singer Liz Anderson Dies At 81 |
| October 30, 2011 |
Billy Barton, Country Music Songwriter and Rockabilly Legend |
| October 8, 2011 |
Country Johnny Mathis, songwriter and recording artist, dies at age 80 |
| September 27, 2011 |
Johnnie Wright, country star and husband of Kitty Wells, dies at 97 |
| September 20, 2011 |
Wilma Lee Cooper: Longtime 'Opry' star was link to country's past |
| September 16, 2011 |
Country music pioneer Wade Mainer dies at 104 |
| September 5, 2011 |
Joe Paul Nichols, Traditional Country Music Singer |
| September 5, 2011 |
Obit: Nationally-known humorist and broadcast personality Cactus Pryor |
| August 11, 2011 |
Gotta travel on: Noted guitarist, singer Billy Grammer dies at age 85 |
| August 9, 2011 |
Marshall Grant dies at 83; bass player, manager for Johnny Cash |
| July 10, 2011 |
'Greatest fiddler in bluegrass,' Kenny Baker, dies at 85 |
| April 28, 2011 |
Country Music great Joe Taylor dies |
| April 24, 2011 |
Musician Hazel Dickens dead at 75 |
| March 27, 2011 |
Don Chapman, Disc Jockey, Part of WJJD Western Gentlemen, Dies at 74 |
| March 25, 2011 |
Steel guitar innovator Ralph Mooney dies at 82 |
| March 17, 2011 |
CMA Announces Bobby Braddock, Reba Mcentire and Jean Shepard as Newest Members of Country Music Hall Of Fame |
| March 17, 2011 |
Country Music Hall of Famer Ferlin Husky dies at 85 |
| March 15, 2011 |
Jean Dinning, who wrote 'Teen Angel,' dies at 86 |
| February 5, 2011 |
Obituary: Bobby Boyle |
| January 31, 2011 |
Country Music Legend Doc Williams Dies At 96 |
| January 26, 2011 |
Pedal steel great Buddy Charleton dies at 72 |
| January 26, 2011 |
Charlie Louvin dies at 83 |
| January 20, 2011 |
Obituary: James O'Gwynn, Smiling Irishman Of Country Music |
| January 14, 2011 |
Dugg Collins. Famed Country DJ Dead At 67 |
| January 14, 2011 |
Margaret Whiting dies at 86; pop singer mentored by Johnny Mercer |
| January 1, 2011 |
John (J. D.) Jarvis, World War II Vet and Bluegrass Musician, Passes Away at 86 |
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