Deaths
- February 6 — Merle Kilgore, 70, prolific songwriter ("Wolverton Mountain," "Ring of Fire") and manager of Hank Williams Jr. (cancer)
- February 12 — Sammi Smith, 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
- March 2 — Joe Carter, 78, son of A.P. and Sara Carter.
- March 9 — Chris LeDoux, 56, world champion bareback rider who sang about the rodeo circuit and cowboy life.
- May 14 — Jimmy Martin, 77, the "King of Bluegrass."
- June 27 — Robert Byrne, 50, songwriter (unknown causes)
- August 16 — Vassar Clements, 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer)
Read more about this topic: 2005 In Country Music
Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
and the deaths they hire.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)