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:
“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)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
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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)
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