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Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) —
also known as Roy Acuff; "The King of Country
Music" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Maynardville, Union
County, Tenn., September
15, 1903.
Republican. Country musician; co-founder of Acuff-Rose
Publication Company, the first
country music publishing
house; appeared in seven Hollywood movies
in the 1940s; owner and operator of Dunbar Cave Hotel
near Nashville; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1960.
Elected to Country Music Hall of
Fame, 1962.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
23, 1992 (age 89 years, 69
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Francis Lester Bowron —
also known as Les Bowron —
of Wyoming; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Republican. Lawyer;
country music songwriter; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1990.
Still living as of 2004.
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Michael Curb (b. 1944) —
also known as Mike Curb —
of California; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
24, 1944.
Republican. Musician; record
company executive; race
car owner; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982.
In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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Aretha Louise Franklin (1942-2018) —
also known as Aretha Franklin; "Queen of
Soul" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
25, 1942.
Democrat. Singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, 1987; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2005.
Female.
Died, from pancreatic
neuroendocrine tumor, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
16, 2018 (age 76 years, 144
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Willie Gathrel Hefner (1930-2009) —
also known as W. G. 'Bill' Hefner —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., April
11, 1930.
Democrat. Owner and president, radio
station WRKB, Kannapolis, N.C.; Gospel music singer with
Harvester's Quartet, 1954-67; television performer;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1975-99;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996.
Baptist.
Died September
2, 2009 (age 79 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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