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Friends Gone On
Obituaries Summer 2002
Aug-20-2002
Don Brown passed away April 8 of an apparent heart attack on his farm in Emminence, MO. Along with John Hartford and Norman Ford, Brown was one of the original members of the Ozark Mountain Trio.
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Hugh Hilton, the lead singer, square dance caller and guitarist for the Salmon River Boys, died in
his home April 8 after a strenuous fight with cancer.
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Bluegrass Boy Clyde Garry Thurmond died on April 17, 2002 of liver failure. He was 57. Thurmond traveled and performed as the guitar player with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys in the early '60s.
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Promoter Don McCullough died May 3, 2002 in Chillicothe, MO at age 72. For 21 years, he promoted bluegrass music with two annual festivals at McCullough Park Campground in Chillicothe. He was also active in the Midwest Promoters Association and a suupporter of financial aid in times of financial need of many bluegrass performers and people inside the bluegrass community.
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Songwriter Lionel Alton Delmore died peacefully at home May 20, 2002 after a brief battle with cancer. Delmore teamed with country star John Anderson to writre a number of award-winning songs including the chart topping "Swingin'"
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California bluegrass fiddler/singer Ray Park passed away in May. Although Parkinsons Disease had virtually robbed him of the ability to play, he died from leukemia.
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John Entwistle, bassist for The Who passed away June 17 in Las Vegas. He died in his sleep of a heart attack at age 57.
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Timothy White, Editor In Chief of Billboard Magazine, passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack June 27. He was 50 years old.
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Fiddler Bill Sage of Confluence, PA, died July 21, 2002 in his sleep in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. He was 66. Sage toured extensively in the U.S., Canada and Europe and was a former member of the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boys, Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals, White Mountain Bluegrass Band, Warrior River Boys, and the Wildwood Valley Boys.
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Alan Lomax, who may have single-handedly spurred the folk revival of the 1960's passed away July 19 at age 87. Lomax strived to capture true roots sessions across America and beyond, and in the process, changed the course of music. Lomax was the first person to record such legends as Leadbelly, Muddy Woody Guthrie and Muddy Waters.
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Catherine O'Bryant, wife of Nashville Bluegrass Band member Alam O'Bryant, passed away on July 29 from cancer. She was only 43.
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Ola Belle Reed passed away August 16, 2002 in Elkton, MD. She had been in poor health since suffering a stroke about 15 years ago.
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