Today in Country Music History - October 25

Over the past 32 years, a lot has happened in country music on October 25th.

• 4 Years Ago Today - In 2010, songwriter Ronny Scaife ("The Whiskey Ain't Workin'") suffered a brain hemorrhage at his home in Perry County, Tennessee. Ronny never regained consciousness and died on November 3rd at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.

• 7 Years Ago Today - In 2007, Hank Williams Jr. was honored at a "CMT Giants" concert held at the Los Angeles' Gibson Amphitheatre. Guests included Brad Paisley, Buddy Guy, Gretchen Wilson, Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steven Tyler, Terry Bradshaw, Tim McGraw and Toby Keith.

• 9 Years Ago Today - In 2005, CBS filmed "I Walk The Line: A Night For Johnny Cash" at Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California with special guests Alison Krauss, Dwight Yoakam, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jessi Colter, Joaquin Phoenix, Kid Rock, Kris Kristofferson, Martina McBride, Norah Jones, Reese Witherspoon and Shooter Jennings.

• 10 Years Ago Today - In 2004, Gary Allan's wife, Angela Herzberg, died from a self-inflicted gunshot at the couple's home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

• 11 Years Ago Today - In 2003, Johnny Cash's step-daughter, Rosey Nix Adams and Jimmy Campbell (her fiddle player) were found dead on their tour bus in Clarksville, Tennessee from Carbon monoxide poisoning. Heaters that had been left on were blamed for the accident.

• 17 Years Ago Today - In 1997, Johnny Cash told the crowd at his show in Flint, Michigan that he had Parkinson's disease.

• 22 Years Ago Today - In 1992, Country Music Hall of Famer Roger Miller, who wrote hits for Alan Jackson, Ernest Tubb and Jim Reeves, died of cancer in Los Angeles.

• 32 Years Ago Today - In 1982, Glen Campbell and Kimberly Woolen were married at the North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona. Waylon Jennings sang "Amanda" at the wedding reception.

Happy Birthday to:

Chely Wright, who turns 44 today. Chely was born in Kansas City, Missouri. When she was 25, she won the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female award. In 2010, she becomes the first openly gay artist in Country Music.

Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown, who turns 56 today. Mark was born in Dayton, Ohio. After winning the TV show, "Star Search," in 1984, it was another 13 years before the band won the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year award.

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Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell