Deaths
- January 21 — Colonel Tom Parker, 87, manager of prolific country singers Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow, comedienne Minnie Pearl
- June 19 — Bobby Helms, 62, singer who enjoyed his peak popularity in 1957; best known for "Jingle Bell Rock."
- October 12 — John Denver, 53, country crossover artist of the 1970s; also a singer and songwriter (plane crash).
- December 21 — Amie Comeaux, 21, a newcomer artist of the mid '90s (car accident).
- December 31 — Floyd Cramer, 64, prolific session pianist.
Read more about this topic: 1997 In Country Music
Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)