Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 29 December 2010

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MARTY ROBBINS HEART ATTACK Marty Robbins wrapped up the year of 1980 with a three-performance New Year’s Eve show in Evansville, Indiana. After returning home to Nashville, he experienced chest pains. “I thought it was just an extra bad case of indigestion,” he said later, “because I’ve had a heart attack, and it was nothing […]

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Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 8 December 2010

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WE LOST MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG IN DECEMBER This evening 28 years ago (also a Wednesday) Marty Robbins died, a week after being hospitalized during his final heart attack. I’d known from news reports that he was in serious condition, but his death still came as a complete shock. He’d survived heart attacks and […]

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